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9-letter words containing b, p, i

  • bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
  • biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
  • bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
  • bipartite — consisting of or having two parts
  • bipedally — in a bipedal manner
  • bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
  • bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
  • bishopdom — the jurisdiction of a bishop
  • bishopess — a bishop's wife
  • bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
  • bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
  • bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
  • black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
  • blimp out — to become greatly overweight
  • blind pig — speak-easy
  • blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
  • blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
  • blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
  • blue lips — a plant, Collinsia grandiflora, of the figwort family, of western central North America, having short-stalked flowers with the upper lip purple or white and the lower lip blue or violet.
  • blue pike — a variety of the walleye, Strizostedion vitreum glaucum, inhabiting the Great Lakes.
  • blue pill — a pill of blue mass, used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic.
  • blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
  • bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
  • blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
  • boat trip — a trip in a boat
  • bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
  • boskopoid — of, relating to, or characteristic of Boskop man or the culture or habitat of Boskop man.
  • breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
  • buck slip — Informal. a paper attached to and showing the destination and source of an interoffice memorandum, file, or the like.
  • bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
  • bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
  • bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
  • buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
  • bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
  • bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
  • chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
  • clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
  • clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
  • comptible — (obsolete) accountable; responsible.
  • ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
  • epibiosis — any relationship between two organisms in which one grows on the other but is not parasitic on it
  • epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
  • euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
  • expirable — capable of expiring or ending
  • exponible — requiring further explanation, esp (in logic) of a proposition
  • fiber pen — felt-tip pen.
  • fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
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