8-letter words containing b, i, n
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- hindlimb — Alternative spelling of hind limb.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- his nibs — a mock title used of someone in authority
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- hornbill — any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- ibn-ezra — Abraham Ben Meir. 1093–1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- ibsenism — a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.
- iceblink — a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- imbolden — embolden.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- in bloom — plant: flowering
- in brief — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- in doubt — uncertain
- in-built — built-in (def 2).
- inarable — Not arable.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- inbounds — Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
- inbreeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inbreed.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- incumber — encumber.
- indebted — committed or obligated to repay a monetary loan: He was indebted to his friend for a large sum.
- inedible — not edible; unfit to be eaten.
- inedibly — In an inedible way.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhibits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhibit.
- ink ball — one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
- ink blot — a stain on paper, made by ink
- inkberry — Also called gallberry. a shrub, Ilex glabra, having leathery, evergreen leaves and black berries.
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- interbed — (of a stratum) be embedded among or between others.
- interweb — (often lowercase) the Internet: used jocularly when pretending to be or referring to an inexperienced Internet user, or when expressing a disdain for certain Internet content: vague recollections presented as fact on the Interweb.
- intombed — Simple past tense and past participle of intomb.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).