8-letter words containing b, i, n
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- iron box — [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough to be traced. May include a modified shell restricting the cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and "bait" files designed to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door, firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford Stoll's account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and used one. Compare padded cell.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- isobront — a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (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.
- jingbang — (colloquial, chiefly, Scotland) thing, lot, shebang.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- joinable — That can be joined.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- jubilent — Misspelling of jubilant.
- jumbling — Present participle of jumble.
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- kibbling — Present participle of kibble.
- kimbundu — a Bantu language of northern Angola.
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- king bee — a self-important person.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- knobbing — Present participle of knob.
- knoblike — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- labeling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambling — a small lamb
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- leibnitz — Gottfried Wilhelm von [German gawt-freet vil-helm fuh n] /German ˈgɔt frit ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.
- lesbians — Plural form of lesbian.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- libeling — Law. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. the act or crime of publishing it. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- liberian — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- lienable — capable of being made the subject of a lien
- lilburne — John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- linear b — an ancient system of writing representing a very early form of Greek, deciphered by Michael Ventris chiefly from clay tablets found at Knossos on Crete and at Pylos.
- linebred — produced by linebreeding.
- linkback — (Internet) Any of various mechanisms for notifying the owner of a webpage when it is linked to from another document.
- lion cub — baby lion
- lobation — lobate formation.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- lobeline — a crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 22 H 27 NO 2 , obtained by extraction from lobelia: used chiefly in the form of its sulfate or hydrochloride as a respiratory stimulant and, because of its nicotinelike pharmacological action, as an agent to discourage tobacco smoking.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- mainboom — the spar for the mainsail