11-letter words containing o, e, i, c
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliotheca — a library or collection of books
- bicarbonate — a salt of carbonic acid containing the ion HCO3–; an acid carbonate
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- biconvexity — the characteristic of having two convex surfaces
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bid welcome — to receive with cordial greetings
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- binary code — Binary code is a computer code that uses the binary number system.
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biocoenosis — a diverse community inhabiting a single biotope
- bioelectric — of or having to do with electrical energy in living tissues
- bioethicist — a field of study concerned with the ethics and philosophical implications of certain biological and medical procedures, technologies, and treatments, as organ transplants, genetic engineering, and care of the terminally ill.
- biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- biokinetics — the study of movements of or within organisms.
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- biomimetics — the study and development of synthetic systems that mimic the formation, function, or structure of biologically produced substances and materials and biological mechanisms and processes.
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- bitter dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
- bois-le-duc — French name of 's Hertogenbosch.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- boniface ii — pope a.d. 530–532.
- boniface iv — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- boniface ix — (Pietro Tomacelli) died 1404, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1389–1404.
- boniface vi — pope a.d. 896.
- boot-licker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- boric oxide — a colorless crystalline compound, B 2 O 3 , used in metallurgy and chemical analysis.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- box cornice — a hollow cornice of boards and moldings nailed to rafters and lookouts.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- 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.
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- butenedioic — designating a type of acid
- 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.
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality