7-letter words containing i, n, b
- inbreds — Plural form of inbred.
- inbreed — to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- inbring — to confiscate (the belongings of a condemned criminal), to seize by legal authority
- inbuild — Something built-in, structure, a construct.
- inbuilt — built-in (def 2).
- inburst — an irruption
- incubus — an imaginary demon or evil spirit supposed to descend upon sleeping persons, especially one fabled to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep. Compare succubus (def 1).
- indabas — Plural form of indaba.
- infobot — (chat) A bot that serves as a common database of information (often noteworthy URLs) for users on a chat system. Infobots often have a simple chatbot interface, responding to key-phrases, as well as to direct queries. Here, in a real conversation, the bot Purl's first response is triggered by the phrase "just tell me", and its second response is triggered by being directly asked "perlfunc?":
can someone tell me what: $num9 = substr($number,9,1); means eesh -- man perlfunc, look at "substr". just tell me Didn't your momma ever tell you, "Go look it up in the dictionary"?! eesh -- no. that's all we'll tell you. read the documentation. eesh -- if you haven't man pages or perldoc, you can read them on the 'net. purl, perlfunc? well, perlfunc is Perl builtin functions, at man perlfunc or http://perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlfunc.html http://cs.cmu.edu/~lenzo/infobot.html/. - inglobe — to enclose as in a globe; encompass; fix within a sphere
- inhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhibin — (biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the gonads, which inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone and is thus under consideration as a male contraceptive.
- inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- ink bag — a gland near the anus of an octopus or related mollusc that holds fluid ejected into the water for self-concealment
- inkblot — A blot of ink.
- inqilab — (in India, Pakistan, etc) revolution (esp in the phrase inqilab zindabad long live the revolution)
- itabuna — a city in E Brazil.
- jabbing — a poke with the end or point of something; a sharp, quick thrust.
- jabroni — (professional wrestling slang) a performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.
- jacobin — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jibbing — to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
- jibbons — spring onions
- jobbing — a piece of work, especially a specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price: She gave him the job of mowing the lawn.
- kembing — Present participle of kemb.
- kerbing — the material forming a curb, as along a street.
- lambing — a young sheep.
- lambkin — a little lamb.
- leibniz — Gottfried Wilhelm von [German gawt-freet vil-helm fuh n] /German ˈgɔt frit ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.
- lesbian — of or relating to Lesbos.
- lilburn — Douglas (Gordon). 1915–2001, New Zealand composer; noted esp for his pioneering use of electronic music in combination with more traditional orchestration
- limbing — a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
- linkboy — Male servant or other attendant (regardless of age), employed to bear a torch or other light abroad at night.
- lisburn — a city in Northern Ireland in Lisburn district, Co Antrim, noted for its linen industry: headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland. Pop: 71 465 (2001)
- lobbing — Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- lobefin — Any of the fish of the class Sarcopterygii.
- lyublin — Lublin.
- mainbol — (language) MAcro ImplementatioN of SNOBOL4.
- midband — Electronics. a band in the middle of a range of frequencies.
- minable — capable of being mined, especially profitably.
- minbars — Plural form of minbar.
- minibar — a small refrigerator, especially in a hotel room, stocked with liquor, nonalcoholic beverages, and snacks.
- minibus — a small bus, seating about 15 passengers and typically transporting people short distances.
- minicab — a minicar that serves as a taxicab.
- minilab — a small business that develops film and makes prints quickly, often using computerized equipment.
- minisub — a small submarine, holding only one or a few persons, used in naval operations, underwater exploration, or conducting underwater experiments.
- mirbane — nitrobenzene, as formerly used in perfumes
- misbind — to bind wrongly
- misborn — (now rare) Born prematurely; abortive.
- mobbing — a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
- nabbing — to arrest or capture.