9-letter words containing s, e, i, o
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopess — a bishop's wife
- bisontine — relating to bison
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bomb site — A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonniness — the quality of being bonny
- booboisie — a group or social class considered to be ignorant or uncultured
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- boskiness — the quality of being bosky
- bossiness — given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.
- bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- brighouse — a town in N England, in Calderdale unitary authority, West Yorkshire: machine tools, textiles, engineering. Pop: 32 360 (2001)
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- c-section — A C-section is the same as a Caesarean.
- cacoepist — One who engages in cacoepy, especially frequently.
- caesionid — (zoology) Any member of the Caesionidae.
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- camisoles — Plural form of camisole.
- campesino — a Latin American rural peasant
- canoeists — Plural form of canoeist.
- canonised — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize.
- canonries — Plural form of canonry.
- cantonise — divide into cantons
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- caseation — the formation of cheese from casein during the coagulation of milk
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- censorial — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.