13-letter words containing b, i, p
- barristership — the office of a barrister
- base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
- basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
- basic process — Military. basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- basidiospores — Plural form of basidiospore.
- be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
- beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
- bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
- beaux esprits — bel esprit
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
- bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
- bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
- beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
- bibliographic — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- big-cone pine — Coulter pine.
- bigleaf maple — a tree, Acer macrophyllum, of western North America, having large, deeply lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in drooping clusters.
- binary prefix — (unit) (Or "IEC prefix") A prefix used with a unit of data to mean multiplication by a power of 1024. Binary prefixes are most often used with "byte" (e.g. "kilobyte") but also with bit (e.g. "megabit"). For example, the term kilobyte has historically been used to mean 1024 bytes, and megabyte to mean 1,048,576 bytes. The multipliers 1024 and 1,048,576 are powers of 1024, which is itself a power of two (1024 = 2^10). It is this factor of two that gives the name "binary prefix". This is in contrast to a decimal prefix denoting a power of 1000, which is itself a power of ten (1000 = 10^3). Decimal prefixes are used in science and engineering and are specified in widely adopted SI standards. Note that the actual prefix - kilo or mega - is the same, it is the interpretation that differs. The difference between the two interpretations increases with each multiplication, so while 1000 and 1024 differ by only 2.4%, 1000^6 and 1024^6 differ by 15%. The 1024-based interpretation of prefixes is often still used informally and especially when discussing the storage capacity of random-access memory. This has lead to storage device manufacturers being accused of false marketing for using the decimal interpretation where customers might assume the larger, historical, binary interpretation. In an attempt to clarify the distinction, in 1998 the IEC specified that kilobyte, megabyte, etc. should only be used for powers of 1000 (following SI). They specified new prefixes for powers of 1024 containing "bi" for "binary": kibibyte, mebibyte, etc.; an idea originally propsed by IUPAC. IEC also specified new abbreviations Ki, Mi, etc. for the new prefixes. Many other standards bodies such as NIST, IEEE and BIPM support this proposal but as of 2013 its use is rare in non-technical circles. Specific units of IEC 60027-2 A.2 and ISO/IEC 80000
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
- bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- biocompatible — not rejected by the body
- biogeographer — a person who is knowledgeable about biogeography
- biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
- bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
- biphasic pill — a drug with two dosage levels over the period taken, as an oral contraceptive.
- bird of peace — a dove.
- birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
- birthing pool — a large bath in which a woman can give birth
- bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- bishop's ring — a reddish-brown corona occasionally seen around the sun, caused by volcanic dust in the atmosphere.
- bishop's weed — goutweed.
- bishop's-weed — goutweed.
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- bits per inch — (unit) (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
- black crappie — a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- blaise pascal — Blaise [bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932