11-letter words containing a, b, i, n
- blizzarding — Meteorology. a storm with dry, driving snow, strong winds, and intense cold. a heavy and prolonged snowstorm covering a wide area.
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- boil-in-bag — of or being a prepared, often frozen, food sealed and sold in a plastic bag that is immersed in boiling water until the contents are cooked or heated for serving.
- bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
- bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
- bombination — to make a humming or buzzing noise.
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- boring clam — piddock
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botheration — bother
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
- brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
- brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brain drain — When people talk about a brain drain, they are referring to the movement of a large number of scientists or academics away from their own country to other countries where the conditions and salaries are better.
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brain trust — A brain trust is a group of experts who advise important people in a government or organization.
- brain-trust — to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.