10-letter words containing i, b, l
- bibliotics — the scientific study of handwriting, or written documents, for investigative purposes
- bibliotist — a person who engages in bibliotics
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bicultural — having two cultures
- bidonville — a shanty town
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- big laurel — the rhododendron.
- big league — a major sports league
- big-league — Sports. of or belonging to a major league: a big-league pitcher.
- bile ducts — a large duct that transports bile from the liver to the duodenum, having in humans and many other vertebrates a side branch to a gallbladder for bile storage.
- bilge keel — one of two keel-like projections along the bilges of some vessels to improve sideways stability
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- bilge well — bilge (def 1c).
- bilge-well — Nautical. either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull. Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects. Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away. Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- bilharzial — relating to bilharzia
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- biliterate — able to read and write in two languages.
- biliverdin — a dark green pigment in the bile formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. Formula: C33H34O6N4
- bill gates — (person) William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. He was a computer nerd who dropped out of Harvard and one of the first programmers to oppose software piracy ("Open Letter to Hobbyists," Computer Notes, February 3, 1976).
- billbergia — any bromeliad of the tropical American genus Billbergia, having stiff leaves and flowers with showy, variously colored bracts.
- billethead — a carved ornamental scroll or volute terminating a stem or cutwater at its upper end in place of a figurehead.
- billfolder — billfold.
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- bimble box — type of dense Australian tree
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- binational — involving two nations
- bingo hall — a building owned by a commercial company in which bingo is played by large numbers of people
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- binucleate — having two nuclei
- bio-diesel — Bio-diesel is diesel fuel made from biological or natural sources.
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment