10-letter words containing b, e, r, i
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- bessarabia — a region in E Europe, mostly in Moldova and Ukraine: long disputed by the Turks and Russians; a province of Romania from 1918 until 1940. Area: about 44 300 sq km (17 100 sq miles)
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- big bertha — any of three large German guns of World War I used to bombard Paris
- big dipper — A big dipper is a fairground ride that carries people up and down steep slopes on a narrow railway at high speed.
- big hitter — A big hitter is a sportsperson such as a golfer or tennis player who hits the ball with a lot of force.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- big sister — an elder sister.
- bigarreaux — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry, having firm flesh.
- bighearted — quick to give or forgive; generous or magnanimous
- bijouterie — jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- bioreserve — an area preserving wildlife, landforms, and waterways while providing appropriate public use and enjoyment of a natural environment.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- biparental — from two parents
- biparietal — relating to or connected to both parietal bones
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- biquadrate — the fourth power
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds