11-letter words containing o, n, s, i
- austronesia — the islands of the central and S Pacific, including Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- autogenesis — spontaneous generation
- autokinesis — a visual illusion occurring in low light, in which a stationary bright spot appears to be moving
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- aversion-to — a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- azonal soil — soil that has a profile determined predominantly by factors other than local climate and vegetation. Azonal soils include some mountain, alluvial, marine, glacial, windblown, and volcanic soils
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- bastinadoes — Plural form of bastinado.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- belorussian — of Belarus or its people, language, or culture
- biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
- bingo wings — areas of loose or flabby skin on the upper arm, esp in women, which hang down when the arm is extended
- biocoenosis — a diverse community inhabiting a single biotope
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- biogenetics — the branch of biology concerned with altering the genomes of living organisms
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biokinetics — the study of movements of or within organisms.
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
- bonus issue — an issue of shares made by a company without charge and distributed pro rata among existing shareholders
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- bony spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bookselling — the activity of selling books
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- 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
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- brown swiss — a hardy breed of large, brown dairy cattle, first raised in Switzerland