11-letter words containing t, b, i
- breatharian — a person who believes that it is possible to subsist healthily on air alone
- breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
- brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
- breunnerite — an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks
- brick-built — made of bricks
- bride-to-be — A bride-to-be is a woman who is soon going to be married.
- bridewealth — (in some nonindustrial societies) the money or goods given to the family of a bride by the bridegroom or his family.
- bridgewater — a town in E Massachusetts.
- bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
- bright coal — coal consisting of alternating layers of clarain and vitrain.
- bright idea — suggestion: clever
- bright wool — the wool of sheep raised east of the Mississippi River.
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bright-line — (of rules, standards, etc.) unambiguously clear: This muddies the waters of what should be a brightline rule.
- brilliantly — shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city.
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- bring forth — to give birth to
- bristlebird — any of various Australian warblers of the genus Dasyornis.
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- bristlelike — resembling a bristle
- bristletail — any primitive wingless insect of the orders Thysanura and Diplura, such as the silverfish and firebrat, having a flattened body and long tail appendages
- bristliness — the quality of being bristly
- bristol bay — arm of the Bering Sea between the SW Alas. mainland & the Alaska Peninsula
- brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
- british gum — dextrin.
- british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
- brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
- brittleness — the quality of being brittle
- 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.
- brood bitch — a female dog used for breeding.
- brotherlike — like a brother
- browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
- brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- buck rabbit — Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top
- bucket list — a list of experiences one wants to have before one dies
- buena vista — a village in NE Mexico, near Saltillo: site of the defeat of the Mexicans by US forces (1847)
- buffet line — A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table. Guests usually serve themselves.
- bugging out — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
- build up to — If you build up to something you want to do or say, you try to prepare people for it by starting to do it or introducing the subject gradually.
- bullbaiting — a type of blood sport involving the baiting of a bull by dogs
- bullfighter — A bullfighter is the person who tries to injure or kill the bull in a bullfight.
- bullmastiff — a breed of dog
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- bullterrier — a breed of dog
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
- burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
- burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch