8-letter words containing b, i, o, t
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- bitstock — the handle or stock of a tool into which a drilling bit is fixed
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- blotting — a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- bobbinet — a netted fabric of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine
- bobwhite — a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- boehmite — a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
- boeotian — a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece
- boertjie — a person, esp a friend, often used as a term of address
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bogosity — /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon unit of bogosity is the microLenat. Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogon filter.
- bogotify — (jargon) /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad. A program that has been changed so many times as to become completely disorganised has become bogotified. If you tighten a nut too hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified. See also bogosity.
- bolo tie — a cord, worn as a necktie, with an ornamented fastening for adjusting the neck loop
- boltings — (of flour) the coarse particles separated by sifting
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bongoist — a player of the bongos
- bonporti — Francesco Antonio. 1672–1749, Italian composer and violinist, noted esp for his Invenzioni (1712), a series of short instrumental suites
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- bootikin — a small boot or gaiter worn by infants
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botanize — to collect or study plants
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bountied — offering a bounty.
- boutique — A boutique is a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, or jewellery.
- bovinity — the state of being bovine
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- bowenite — a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.