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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
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