11-letter words containing b, o, n, i, s
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
- bonus issue — an issue of shares made by a company without charge and distributed pro rata among existing shareholders
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bookselling — the activity of selling books
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- brown swiss — a hardy breed of large, brown dairy cattle, first raised in Switzerland
- brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- brownsville — city & port in S Tex., on the Rio Grande: pop. 140,000
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
- cablevision — cable television.
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- cohabitants — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- combinators — Plural form of combinator.
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- compost bin — a container designed to expedite the development of compost
- condensible — capable of being condensed.
- confiscable — subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- convulsible — capable of becoming intensely agitated
- coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
- corbynomics — the economic policies advocated by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party from 2015
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
- diagnosable — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- disentombed — Simple past tense and past participle of disentomb.
- disobedient — neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.
- disobliging — Deliberately unhelpful; uncooperative.
- do business — trade