11-letter words containing b, i, o, t, s
- bird's-foot — a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
- 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.
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
- book titles — (publication) There is a tradition in hackerdom of informally tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the dominant colour of their covers or with some other conspicuous feature of the cover. Many of these are described in this dictionary under their own entries. See Aluminum Book, Blue Book, Cinderella Book, Devil Book, Dragon Book, Green Book, Orange Book, Pink-Shirt Book, Purple Book, Red Book, Silver Book, White Book, Wizard Book, Yellow Book, bible, rainbow series.
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- bored stiff — very bored
- bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
- bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- bowie state — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
- catabolites — Plural form of catabolite.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitates — cohabit.
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- combustious — turbulent
- comestibles — food
- compost bin — a container designed to expedite the development of compost
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- corbie-step — any of a set of steps on the top of a gable
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
- disentombed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentomb.
- disobedient — neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
- distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
- dog biscuit — a hard biscuit for dogs, usually containing ground meat, bones, etc.
- ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.
- emberrorist — a person or organization that reveals potentially embarrassing information, esp as a political weapon
- embodiments — Plural form of embodiment.
- embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.