11-letter words containing b, i, n, t
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- block print — a design printed by means of one or more blocks of wood or metal.
- bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- body lotion — skin lotion for use on the body
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- 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.
- bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botheration — bother
- bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- 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 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.
- brandy mint — peppermint.
- bratticings — a series of temporary wooden housings erected on top of a wall, esp a castle wall
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breunnerite — an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- brittleness — the quality of being brittle
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper