9-letter words containing i, b, y
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- big daddy — someone or something dominantly important, powerful, wealthy, or, often, paternalistic
- big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
- big muddy — a nickname of the Missouri River.
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- billycock — any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
- bimonthly — A bimonthly event or publication happens or appears every two months.
- bindi-eye — any of various small weedy Australian herbaceous plants of the genus Calotis, with burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- bindingly — in a binding manner
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bit decay — bit rot
- bitty box — (abuse) (Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computer sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing software on or for it. The term is especially used of small, obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers such as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80 or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of "real computer" (see Get a real computer!). See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- bizarrely — markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. Synonyms: weird, freakish, grotesque; fantastic; unusual, strange, odd.
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- body mike — a microphone attached to the body
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- body-mike — to equip with a body mike: The star was body-miked, but he was still inaudible.
- boil away — When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour.
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- boutiquey — having the characteristics of a boutique
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
- brickclay — any clay suitable for making bricks
- brickyard — a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- brimfully — in a brimfull manner
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- brinjarry — (in India) an itinerant grain and salt trader
- brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.