11-letter words containing i, b, a, n, e
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- blanketlike — resembling a blanket
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
- blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- 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)
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- botheration — bother
- boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- brain death — Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine.
- brain fever — inflammation of the brain or its covering membranes
- brainteaser — an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
- brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breadwinner — The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.
- break in on — to intrude on
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- breast line — a mooring line securing a ship to that part of a pier alongside it.
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridle hand — (of a horseback rider) the hand, usually the left hand, that holds both reins or both pairs of reins, leaving the other hand free to manage a whip, crop, lariat, or the like.
- brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
- cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.