9-letter words containing c, s, i
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsides — Plural form of backside.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backswing — the movement of a club, bat, or racket backwards, away from the intended point of contact, in preparation for making a stroke
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- basicness — Quality or degree of being basic.
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- beachside — situated near a beach
- bechstein — Karl. 1826–1900, German piano maker; founder (1853) of the Bechstein company of piano manufacturers in Berlin
- belgicism — a word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- biblicism — an adherence to the literal sense of the Bible
- biblicist — a biblical scholar
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- big bucks — If someone earns or spends big bucks, they earn or spend a lot of money.
- big stick — force or the threat of using force
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- bionomics — ecology (sense 1)
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bit slice — (of central processing units) able to be built up in sections to form complete central processing units with various word lengths
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- bliss-16c — (language) DEC's cross-compiler equivalent of BLISS-11.