8-letter words containing i, b, s
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bousouki — bouzouki.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- box sill — a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.
- boxiness — the quality of being boxy
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- bozzaris — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1788?–1823, Greek patriot.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brasiers — a person who makes articles of brass.
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- brassica — Brassicas are vegetables such as cabbages, broccoli and turnips.
- brassier — made of or covered with brass.
- brassish — like brass; brassy
- briareus — a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans
- briefest — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brindisi — a port in SE Italy, in SE Apulia: important naval base in Roman times and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages. Pop: 89 081 (2001)
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- briskish — fairly brisk
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- broadish — fairly broad
- broekies — underpants
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
- bsd unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
- buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.