9-letter words containing s, t, i
- bedsitter — A bedsitter is the same as a bedsit.
- bee-sting — a sting from a bee
- beestings — the first milk secreted by the mammary glands of a cow or similar animal immediately after giving birth; colostrum
- behmenist — Boehmenist.
- bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
- besetting — tempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin)
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- biblicist — a biblical scholar
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- bierstube — a tavern or café offering German or German-style atmosphere, décor, food, beer, etc.
- biestings — beestings
- big beast — an important or powerful person
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- big stick — force or the threat of using force
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- bile salt — a product of a bile acid and a base, functioning as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids for absorption in the duodenum.
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biologist — a specialist in biology.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
- biseriate — (of plant parts, such as petals) arranged in two whorls, cycles, rows, or series
- biserrate — (of leaf margins, etc) having serrations that are themselves serrate
- bismuthic — of or containing bismuth in the pentavalent state
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bismutite — a mineral, bismuth carbonate, resulting from the alteration of bismuth minerals: a minor source of bismuth.
- bisontine — relating to bison
- bissextus — February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bisulfite — an acid sulfite containing the monovalent negative radical HSO3
- bit slice — (of central processing units) able to be built up in sections to form complete central processing units with various word lengths
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- bite-size — small enough to fit in the mouth or be consumed in one or two bites: bite-size candies.
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- bitterest — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.