11-letter words containing i, b, s
- benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
- bensenville — a town in NE Illinois.
- berkeleyism — any philosophical system or doctrine derived from the views of Bishop Berkeley.
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- berylliosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling beryllium
- beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- besiegingly — in an urgent or important manner
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- betsiamites — a river in E Quebec, Canada, flowing SE to the St. Lawrence River. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- bewhiskered — having whiskers on the cheeks
- bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bible class — a class, typically one meeting weekly, for Bible study
- bible story — a story from the Bible
- biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
- biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- big bickies — a large sum of money
- big science — scientific research that requires a large investment of capital
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- bimetallism — the use of two metals, esp gold and silver, in fixed relative values as the standard of value and currency
- bimetallist — the use of two metals, ordinarily gold and silver, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard.
- binary star — a double star system comprising two stars orbiting around their common centre of mass. A visual binary can be seen through a telescope. A spectroscopic binary can only be observed by the spectroscopic Doppler shift as each star moves towards or away from the earth
- bindingness — the quality of being binding
- bindlestiff — a migratory worker; hobo
- bingo wings — areas of loose or flabby skin on the upper arm, esp in women, which hang down when the arm is extended
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- biocoenosis — a diverse community inhabiting a single biotope
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- bioethicist — a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biokinetics — the study of movements of or within organisms.
- biologistic — relating to biologism
- biomimetics — the study and development of synthetic systems that mimic the formation, function, or structure of biologically produced substances and materials and biological mechanisms and processes.
- biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
- bird spider — any large hairy predatory bird-eating spider of the family Aviculariidae, of tropical America
- bird strike — a collision of an aircraft with a bird
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bird's nest — the nest of a bird
- bird's-foot — a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
- bird's-nest — nest (def 1).