8-letter words containing n, o, i
- avoidant — (of behaviour) demonstrating a tendency to avoid intimacy or interaction with others
- avoiding — Present participle of avoid.
- avoision — the non-payment of tax which cannot be classified as either avoidance or evasion
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- b-boying — a style of acrobatic dancing that combines intricate footwork with spinning and tumbling, usually to funk or hip-hop music.
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bailbond — a document in which a prisoner and one or more sureties guarantee that the prisoner will attend the court hearing of the charge against him if he is released on bail
- balanoid — shaped like an acorn.
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- be going — to intend or be about to start (to do or be doing something): often used as an alternative future construction
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- belitong — Billiton.
- belonoid — needlelike; styloid.
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- besognio — a young soldier
- bezonian — a knave or rascal
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bibation — the activity of drinking to excess
- biconvex — (of a lens) having convex faces on both sides; convexo-convex
- bid bond — a bond that guarantees the fulfilment of an offer or bid if it is accepted
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- big iron — (jargon) (Or "heavy metal [Cambridge]) Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of number crunching supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. The term implies approval, in contrast to "dinosaur".
- big-note — to boast about (oneself)
- bignonia — any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers
- billiton — an island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra. Chief town: Tanjungpandan. Area: 4833 sq km (1866 sq miles)
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bination — celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- biotoxin — a toxic substance produced by a living organism
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.