10-letter words containing i, b, s
- 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.
- bio-diesel — Bio-diesel is diesel fuel made from biological or natural sources.
- biocenosis — a community of biologically integrated and interdependent plants and animals
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- biogenesis — the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- bioreserve — an area preserving wildlife, landforms, and waterways while providing appropriate public use and enjoyment of a natural environment.
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bird grass — rough bluegrass
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- bird's-eye — seen or photographed from high above
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birthrates — birthrate
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- birthstool — a specially shaped seat formerly used in childbirth.
- birtwistle — Sir Harrison. born 1934, English composer, whose works include the operas Punch and Judy (1967), The Mask of Orpheus (1984), Gawain (1991), Exody (1998), and The Minotaur (2008)
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bissextile — (of a month or year) containing the extra day of a leap year
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bisulphite — a salt or ester of sulphurous acid containing the monovalent group -HSO3 or the ion HSO3–
- bit stream — a simple contiguous sequence of binary digits transmitted continuously over a communications path; a sequence of data in binary form.
- bit string — (programming, data) An ordered sequence of bits. This is very similar to a bit pattern except that the term "string" suggests an arbitrary length sequence as opposed to a pre-determined length "pattern".
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- bite-sized — Bite-sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth.
- bitou bush — type of sprawling woody shrub
- bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government