4-letter words containing i, b
- bins — a pair of glasses
- bint — a girl or woman
- bio- — Bio- is used at the beginning of nouns and adjectives that refer to life or to the study of living things.
- biog — biography.
- bion — fl. 2d cent. b.c.; Gr. pastoral poet
- bior — An early system on UNIVAC I or II.
- bios — Basic Input Output System: the built-in software which controls the primary functions of a PC
- bipm — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
- bips — Billion (10^9) instructions per second. Same as GIPS.
- bird — A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly.
- biri — bidi.
- birk — a birch tree
- birl — to spin; twirl
- biro — A Biro is a pen with a small metal ball at its tip which transfers the ink onto the paper.
- birr — to make or cause to make a whirring sound
- bis- — bi-1
- bise — a cold dry northerly wind in Switzerland and the neighbouring parts of France and Italy, usually in the spring
- bish — a mistake
- bisk — Biysk
- bist — Built-in Self Test
- bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
- bito — a small tree found growing in Africa and Asia
- bitt — one of a pair of strong posts on the deck of a ship for securing mooring and other lines
- biwa — Lake, the largest lake in Japan, on Honshu, near Kyoto. 260 sq. mi. (673 sq. km).
- bize — a dry, cold wind in France
- blin — singular of blini.
- blip — A blip is a small spot of light, sometimes occurring with a short, high-pitched sound, which flashes on and off regularly on a piece of equipment such as a radar screen.
- blit — Bachelor of Literature
- boil — When a hot liquid boils or when you boil it, bubbles appear in it and it starts to change into steam or vapour.
- brei — to speak with a uvular r, esp in Afrikaans
- brie — Brie is a type of cheese that comes from France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- brig — A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
- brik — a Tunisian deep-fried spicy pastry filled with fish or meat and sometimes an egg
- brim — The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- brin — one of two filaments of silk combined by the silkworm to form a strand of silk
- brio — liveliness or vigour; spirit
- bris — ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community
- brit — British people are sometimes referred to as Brits.
- budi — an old woman
- buri — the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- cbir — (image) content-based information retrieval.
- chib — to stab or slash with a sharp weapon
- cirb — Canada Industrial Relations Board
- crib — A crib is a bed for a small baby.
- dbib — Douay Bible
- dibs — If someone has dibs on something, or if they have first dibs on it, they have the right to have it before anyone else.
- dieb — a North African species of jackal
- drib — a small or minute quantity; bit.
- ebit — EBIT is the amount of profit that a person or company receives before interest and taxes have been deducted.
- fibs — Plural form of fib.