8-letter words containing b, i, o, a
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- badoglio — Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)
- bahookie — the buttocks
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailbond — a document in which a prisoner and one or more sureties guarantee that the prisoner will attend the court hearing of the charge against him if he is released on bail
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- balanoid — shaped like an acorn.
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- bezonian — a knave or rascal
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bibation — the activity of drinking to excess
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- big road — a main road or highway.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bignonia — any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bination — celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs