9-letter words containing b, i, c, o
- bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- bionomics — ecology (sense 1)
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- boccaccio — Giovanni (dʒoˈvani). 1313–75, Italian poet and writer, noted particularly for his Decameron (1353), a collection of 100 short stories. His other works include Filostrato (?1338) and Teseida (1341)
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- bononcini — Giovanni Maria [jaw-vahn-nee mah-ree-ah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1640–78, and his sons Giovanni Battista [baht-tee-stah] /bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA) 1670–1747, and Marc Antonio [mahrk ahn-taw-nyaw] /mɑrk ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA) 1675–1726, Italian composers.
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- branchio- — gills
- brickwork — You can refer to the bricks in the walls of a building as the brickwork.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- brittonic — Brythonic
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- broderick — a male given name.
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonari — a secret political society with liberal republican aims, originating in S Italy about 1811 and particularly engaged in the struggle for Italian unification
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- catabolic — destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- celecoxib — an anti-inflammatory drug