10-letter words containing b, i, c, o
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- genophobic — Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
- geobotanic — phytogeography.
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- iceboating — the sport of using an iceboat
- imbroccata — a downward pass or thrust
- in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- incubation — the act or process of incubating.
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- info basic — Variant of Pick BASIC used with PRIME's PRIMOS.
- inoculable — capable of being inoculated.
- insociable — unsociable.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- ionic bond — the electrostatic bond between two ions formed through the transfer of one or more electrons.
- iron brick — brick having a sprinkling of dark spots caused by the presence of iron salts.
- isobutyric — Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives.
- jaboticaba — an evergreen tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, of the Myrtle family, native to southern Brazil, bearing on the trunk small clusters of edible, grapelike fruit.
- jacob riis — Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- jacobinism — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobinize — to imbue with Jacobinism.
- job action — any means, as a work slowdown, of organized protest or pressure by employees to win some goal or gain from their employers.
- job ticket — a slip or card accompanying a job order and used for giving instructions or for recording time spent on the work.
- joe public — also Joe Bloggs; US = John Q. Public
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickboxing — a form of boxing in which the gloved combatants may also kick with bare feet.
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- koulibiaca — A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry.
- lego brick — a toy plastic brick with studs which can be connected to other plastic bricks and used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc
- line block — a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- locomobile — automotive; self-propelling.
- logic bomb — (programming, security) Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met. Compare back door.
- lubricator — a person or thing that lubricates.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- macrobiota — any living organisms in a given area large enough to be seen with the naked eye
- macrobiote — a person with a long life
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- mesolimbic — (anatomy) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
- metabiotic — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.