16-letter words containing i, b
- viola da braccio — an old musical instrument of the viol family, held against the shoulder like a violin: superseded by the modern viola.
- virginia tobacco — a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
- visibility meter — any instrument for measuring the visual range through the atmosphere, as a transmissometer.
- visible spectrum — the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that is normally visible, from 380 to 760 nm.
- vulcanized fiber — a leatherlike substance made by compression of layers of paper or cloth that have been treated with acids or zinc chloride, used chiefly for electric insulation.
- warminster broom — a European shrub, Cytisus praecox, of the legume family, having yellowish-white or yellow, pealike flowers.
- water-base paint — latex paint.
- website designer — creator of internet pages and sites
- welfare benefits — financial assistance; social security payment
- well-baby clinic — a health-service clinic for preventive monitoring, health education and advice for parents of babies
- well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
- wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- whiptail wallaby — a wallaby of NE Australia, Macropus parryi, with a long slender tail
- whirligig beetle — any of numerous aquatic beetles of the family Gyrinidae, commonly seen in groups circling about rapidly on the surface of the water.
- white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
- white globe lily — a bulbous Californian plant, Calochortus albus, of the lily family, having egg-shaped white flowers with a purplish base.
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
- william bradford — Gamaliel, 1863–1932, U.S. biographer and novelist.
- wilson's warbler — a North American warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, having yellow plumage and a black patch on top of the head.
- witches' sabbath — Sabbat.
- woodland caribou — a variety of caribou inhabiting the bogs and forests of eastern Canada, having large, palmate antlers.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- xaverian brother — a member of a congregation of Roman Catholic laymen bound by simple vows and dedicated to education.
- yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them