11-letter words containing o, s, t, i
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- 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.
- 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.
- biologistic — relating to biologism
- 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.
- bird's-foot — a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- bisociation — the association of one idea with two different contexts
- bisociative — relating to bisociation
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- boatmanship — boatsmanship.
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- boiler suit — A boiler suit consists of a single piece of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. You wear it over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt while you are working.
- 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.
- 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
- bored stiff — very bored
- bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
- bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
- bowie state — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
- 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
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- bus station — a place incorporating waiting areas, stands for buses, and ticket offices from which buses or coaches depart
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
- cacogastric — relating to an upset stomach
- cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- caird coast — a region of Antarctica: a part of Coats Land on the SE coast of the Weddell Sea; now included in the British Antarctic Territory (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959)
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- carillonist — a carillonneur
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartoonists — Plural form of cartoonist.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)