11-letter words containing i, t, o
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
- book titles — (publication) There is a tradition in hackerdom of informally tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the dominant colour of their covers or with some other conspicuous feature of the cover. Many of these are described in this dictionary under their own entries. See Aluminum Book, Blue Book, Cinderella Book, Devil Book, Dragon Book, Green Book, Orange Book, Pink-Shirt Book, Purple Book, Red Book, Silver Book, White Book, Wizard Book, Yellow Book, bible, rainbow series.
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- bootlicking — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boottopping — the area between the water lines of a ship when fully loaded and when unloaded.
- bored stiff — very bored
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botheration — bother
- bottle bill — a legislative bill that requires the charging of a refundable deposit on certain beverage bottles and cans, to encourage the return of these containers for recycling while at the same time reducing littering.
- bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
- bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
- bottom time — the total time, in minutes, from the beginning of a descent to the beginning of an ascent.
- bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- bouquetiere — an assortment of fresh vegetables
- boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
- bowie state — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
- box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
- brachiation — locomotion accomplished by swinging by the arms from one hold to another.
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- bride-to-be — A bride-to-be is a woman who is soon going to be married.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- brotherlike — like a brother
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- button lift — a kind of ski lift for one person consisting of a moving cable to which is attached a pole with a circular plate at the bottom, which a skier places between his or her legs to be carried up the hill
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cabin court — Older Use. a roadside motel having cabins.
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality