9-letter words containing b, i, s
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scabicide — Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
- scabietic — a contagious skin disease occurring especially in sheep and cattle and also in humans, caused by the itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which burrows under the skin. Compare itch (def 10), mange.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- scribbler — a machine for scribbling wool fibers.
- scrubbily — in a scrubby or messy manner
- scrubbing — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- sea blite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- sebastian — Saint, died a.d. 288? Roman martyr.
- seducible — to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- semibreve — a note half the length of a breve; whole note.
- semiglobe — a half globe; a hemisphere
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- shibuichi — a Japanese alloy of copper and silver know for its silver-grey and muted blue and green colours, usually used in ornamentation
- shift bid — a bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shippable — being in a suitable form or condition for shipping1 .
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- show bill — an advertising poster.
- showbizzy — characteristic of showbiz
- shubunkin — a multicoloured goldfish, Carassius auratus, with black spots and red patches
- sibilance — hissing.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sibylline — of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
- side band — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- side boob — Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. the outer curve of a woman's breast when revealed by clothing cut low under the arms: She's flashing too much side boob.
- sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- sideburns — If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.