10-letter words containing b, i
- blitzstein — Marc, 1905–64, U.S. composer.
- block line — a rope or cable used in a block and tackle
- bloggerati — those considered to be important or influential in the world of blogging
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- bloodguilt — guilt of murder or shedding blood
- bloodiness — the state of being bloody
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- bloviation — a lengthy but insubstantial speech
- blow-dried — dried using hairdryer
- blowing up — a reprimand
- blubbering — Zoology. the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blue devil — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- blue giant — any of the large, bright stars having surface temperatures of about 20,000 K and diameters that are often ten times that of the sun.
- blue point — a Siamese cat having a light-colored body and darker, bluish-gray points.
- blue ridge — a mountain range extending SW from N Virginia to N Georgia: part of the Appalachian Mountains.
- blue rinse — a rinse for tinting grey hair a silvery-blue colour
- blue shift — a shift toward shorter wavelengths of the spectral lines of a celestial object, caused by the motion of the object toward the observer.
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blue-devil — blue heaven.
- blue-rinse — of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women: the blue-rinse matinee audience.
- bluefields — a city in SW West Virginia.
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- blurriness — blurred; indistinct.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- boat train — A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.
- boatwright — a craftsman who builds wooden boats.
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bocconcini — small bite-sized pieces of mozzarella cheese
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- bois brule — métis (def 2).
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.