10-letter words containing o, b
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- bioreserve — an area preserving wildlife, landforms, and waterways while providing appropriate public use and enjoyment of a natural environment.
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- birddogged — characterized by being pursued with determination
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- birthstool — a specially shaped seat formerly used in childbirth.
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- bitou bush — type of sprawling woody shrub
- bitter rot — a disease of apples, grapes, and other fruit, characterized by cankers on the branches or twigs and bitter, rotted fruit, caused by any of several fungi.
- bitterroot — a pink flower with an edible root found growing in America
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bitterwort — yellow gentian.
- bittorrent — a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black bloc — an informal grouping of militant, mainly anarchist, protesters who act together during anti-capitalism, anti-war, etc, protests, often wearing black hoods and black clothing
- black body — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- black book — a book containing the names of people to be punished, blacklisted, etc
- black code — any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- black gold — petroleum
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- black look — If someone gives you a black look, they look at you in a way that shows that they are very angry about something.
- black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
- black monk — a Benedictine monk
- black opal — any opal of a dark coloration, not necessarily black