11-letter words containing b, i, r, t
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.
- bilaterally — pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like: a bilateral agreement; bilateral sponsorship.
- bilge water — Nautical. bilge (def 1d).
- binary data — binary file
- binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
- binary tree — (btree) A tree in which each node has at most two successors or child nodes. In Haskell this could be represented as
- bioaeration — the oxidative treatment of raw sewage by aeration
- bioelectric — of or having to do with electrical energy in living tissues
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- bird strike — a collision of an aircraft with a bird
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-foot — a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).
- birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- birthweight — the weight of an infant at birth.
- birtwhistle — Harrison, born 1934, English composer.
- bisymmetric — showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- bit-robbing — in-band signalling
- bitter dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- bitter herb — an Old World herb, Centaurium erythraea, used dried in medicine as a tonic.
- bitter lake — a salt lake containing in solution a high concentration of sulfates, carbonates, and chlorides.
- bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
- bitterbrush — a flowering plant of the genus Purshia, native to North America
- bittercress — one of several perennial or annual plants of the genus Cardamine, that are related to lady's-smock, including hairy bittercress (C. hirsuta), a common weed resembling shepherd's purse, with which it is often confused: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- bitterender — a person who persists until the bitter end without compromising or yielding; diehard.
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- bleacherite — someone who sits in the bleachers at a sports stadium
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- blind tiger — speak-easy
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- block print — a design printed by means of one or more blocks of wood or metal.
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
- 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.
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.