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10-letter words containing b, i, o, s

  • bipetalous — having two petals
  • bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
  • birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
  • birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
  • birthstool — a specially shaped seat formerly used in childbirth.
  • bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
  • bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
  • bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
  • bitou bush — type of sprawling woody shrub
  • bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
  • blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
  • blastodisk — germinal disk
  • blazonings — heraldic adornments
  • blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
  • blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
  • blindstory — a windowless story
  • blithesome — cheery; merry
  • bloodiness — the state of being bloody
  • bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
  • board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
  • body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
  • boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
  • boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
  • bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
  • boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
  • bois brule — métis (def 2).
  • bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
  • bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
  • boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
  • bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
  • bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  • bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
  • bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
  • bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
  • bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
  • bonnilasse — a pretty girl
  • boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
  • boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
  • boot virus — An MS-DOS virus that infects the boot record program on hard disks and floppy disks or the master boot record on hard disks. The virus gets loaded into memory before MS-DOS and takes control of the computer, infecting any floppy disks subsequently accessed. An infected boot disk may stop the computer starting up at all.
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • boringness — the quality of being boring
  • boris bike — any bicycle rented out by London's public bicycle hire scheme
  • borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
  • boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
  • bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
  • bosun bird — tropic bird.
  • boswellize — to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
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