9-letter words containing i, b, s
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- by rights — If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- cannibals — Plural form of cannibal.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- catabasis — a descent or downward movement
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- classible — able to be classed
- cohesible — capable of cohesion
- conscribe — to conscript
- coolibahs — Plural form of coolibah.
- corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- corncribs — Plural form of corncrib.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crossbill — any of various widely distributed finches of the genus Loxia, such as L. curvirostra, that occur in coniferous woods and have a bill with crossed mandible tips for feeding on conifer seeds
- crossbite — a dental condition in which the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth
- crucibles — Plural form of crucible.
- crumbiest — Superlative form of crumby.
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cucurbits — Plural form of cucurbit.
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- derisible — subject to or deserving of derision; ridiculous
- described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- describer — A person who describes.
- describes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of describe.
- desirable — Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
- diabesity — Used to refer to a form of diabetes that typically develops in later life and is associated with being obese.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.