12-letter words containing b, i, s, c
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- gas bacillus — any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gnotobiotics — the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- impost block — dosseret.
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- inaccessible — Unable to be reached.
- inaccessibly — In an inaccessible manner.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- incunabulist — a person who specialises in incunabula, a collector of incunabula
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- jackass brig — a two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast with a fore-and-aft mainsail; brigantine.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lubriciously — In a lubricious manner.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- microbiomics — the scientific study of the microbiome.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.