7-letter words containing i, b
- bosnian — of or relating to Bosnia or its inhabitants
- bosonic — of or relating to a boson
- bossier — studded with bosses.
- bossily — given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.
- bossing — the act of shaping malleable metal, such as lead cladding, with mallets to fit a surface
- bossism — the domination or the system of domination of political organizations by bosses
- botanic — Botanic means the same as botanical.
- bothnia — Gulf ofarm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland & Sweden
- bottine — a light boot for women or children; half-boot
- botulin — a potent toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in imperfectly preserved food, etc, causing botulism
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- bouilli — a meat stew
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
- bow tie — A bow tie is a tie in the form of a bow. Bow ties are worn by men, especially for formal occasions.
- bowlike — resembling a bow
- bowline — a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- boxfish — trunkfish.
- boxlike — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- boxties — Irish potato cakes
- boychik — (esp in Jewish usage) a term of endearment for a boy or young man
- bozotic — (abuse) (From Bozo the Clown, a famous circus personality, via "bozo" - a clod, idiot or generally silly person) any form of clown-like or ludicrous behaviour. The word also has echoes of "robotic", so bozotic behaviour is mindless, automaton-like stupidity.
- braccia — an old Italian unit of length, usually about 26 or 27 inches (66 or 68 cm), but varying between 18 and 28 inches (46 and 71 cm).
- braccio — an Italian unit of measurement based on the length of a man's arm and roughly equivalent to two feet
- brachia — Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
- bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- brahmin — A Brahmin is a Hindu of the highest social rank.
- braided — A piece of clothing that is braided is decorated with braid.
- braille — Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers.
- brained — having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.
- braised — cooked by braising
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- brasier — brazier1
- brassai — real name Gyula Halész. 1899–1984, French photographer, artist, and writer, born in Hungary: noted for his photographs of Paris by night
- brassie — a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft
- braving — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brawlie — in a fine or healthy manner
- braying — the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- brazier — A brazier is a large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned to keep people warm when they are outside in cold weather, for example because of their work.
- breccia — a rock consisting of angular fragments embedded in a finer matrix, formed by erosion, impact, volcanic activity, etc
- brescia — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001)
- brevier — (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point
- brevity — The brevity of something is the fact that it is short or lasts for only a short time.
- brewing — a quantity of a beverage brewed at one time
- brewski — a beer
- bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
- bribing — money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.: The motorist offered the arresting officer a bribe to let him go.
- bricken — made of bricks
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.