9-letter words containing i, b, y
- high moby — /hi:' mohb'ee/ The high half of a 512K PDP-10's physical address space; the other half was of course the low moby. This usage has been generalised in a way that has outlasted the PDP-10; for example, at the 1990 Washington D.C. Area Science Fiction Conclave (Disclave), when a miscommunication resulted in two separate wakes being held in commemoration of the shutdown of MIT's last ITS machines, the one on the upper floor was dubbed the "high moby" and the other the "low moby". All parties involved grokked this instantly. See moby.
- hillbilly — a term used to refer to a person from a backwoods or other remote area, especially from the mountains of the southern U.S. (sometimes used facetiously).
- hindberry — a raspberry
- hobbyists — Plural form of hobbyist.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- horribley — Misspelling of horribly.
- hybridise — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridism — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybridity — Also, hybridity [hahy-brid-i-tee] /haɪˈbrɪd ɪ ti/ (Show IPA). the quality or condition of being hybrid.
- hybridize — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hybristic — hubris.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- illegibly — not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.: This letter is completely illegible.
- imbracery — embracery.
- immovably — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- inaudibly — not audible; incapable of being heard.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incurably — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- indelibly — making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like: indelible ink.
- inducibly — In an inducible manner.
- inebriety — drunkenness; intoxication.
- ineffably — incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.
- inferably — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- insolubly — In an insoluble manner; irresolubly, irresolvably.
- invisibly — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irrigably — in an irrigable manner
- irritably — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- ivorybill — The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis).
- jiffy bag — a thickly padded but light envelope in which articles such as books are placed for protection in the post
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- kayibanda — Grégoire [grey-gwahr;; French grey-gwar] /greɪˈgwɑr;; French greɪˈgwar/ (Show IPA), 1924–76, president of the Republic of Rwanda 1962–73.
- kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
- kimberley — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- 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.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- labiality — of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
- liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- liberally — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.