10-letter words containing b, i
- describers — Plural form of describer.
- describing — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- deshabille — the state of being partly or carelessly dressed
- desirables — Plural form of desirable.
- desireable — Archaic form of desirable.
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable
- detainable — to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- detectible — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- dewberries — Plural form of dewberry.
- dhobi itch — a fungal disease of the skin: a type of ringworm chiefly affecting the groin
- diabetical — relating to diabetes
- diabolical — If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dialog box — A dialog box is a small area containing information or questions that appears on a computer screen when you are performing particular operations.
- dialyzable — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- diatribist — a person who uses diatribes in his or her speeches or writing, etc
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- diffusible — capable of being diffused.
- digestable — (obsolete, or, nonstandard) alt form digestible.
- digestible — capable of being digested; readily digested.
- dinnerbell — An object-oriented dataflow language with single assignment.
- diplobiont — an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle
- directable — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- dirigibles — Plural form of dirigible.
- dirty bomb — a nuclear warhead designed to produce a great amount of radioactive debris by use of a fusion core, fission trigger, and casing of uranium-238.
- disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- disbanding — Present participle of disband.
- disbarment — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disbarring — Present participle of disbar.
- disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- disbenefit — Anything disadvantageous.
- disburdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden.
- disbursing — Present participle of disburse.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disc brake — a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.
- discobolus — A discus thrower.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disembarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- disembosom — to reveal; divulge.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disenabled — Simple past tense and past participle of disenable.