9-letter words containing i, b, s
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- iceblinks — Plural form of iceblink.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- imbosking — Present participle of imbosk.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in-basket — in-box.
- incubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incubate.
- indubious — Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- infusible — capable of being infused.
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- insanable — Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.
- inscribed — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscriber — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inscribe.
- inselberg — monadnock (def 1).
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insolubly — In an insoluble manner; irresolubly, irresolvably.
- insurable — capable of being or proper to be insured, as against loss or harm.
- interbase — A commercial active DBMS.
- interwebs — Plural form of interweb.
- intubates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intubate.
- invasible — (biology) Capable of being invaded by invasive species.
- invisible — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- invisibly — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- isallobar — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal pressure changes.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jailbaits — a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- jibberish — Alternative spelling of gibberish.
- jubilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jubilate.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- katabasis — a march from the interior of a country to the coast, as that of the 10,000 Greeks after their defeat and the death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa.
- kibitzers — Plural form of kibitzer.
- kickbacks — Plural form of kickback.
- kielbasas — Plural form of kielbasa.
- kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
- kingbolts — Plural form of kingbolt.
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.