11-letter words containing t, b, i
- habituating — Present participle of habituate.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- have it bad — suffer disadvantage
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hereditable — heritable.
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- ibritumomab — A monoclonal antibody which is linked with yttrium-90 as the drug ibritumomab tiuxetan.
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- idiot board — a mechanical apparatus, as a projector or a continuous roll of paper, for prompting a performer during a program.
- if-come bet — pyramid bet.
- illimitable — incapable of being limited; limitless; boundless.
- illimitably — In an illimitable manner.
- imbricating — Present participle of imbricate.
- imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
- imbursement — (obsolete) The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed.
- imitability — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- immitigably — In an immitigable manner.
- impalatable — Unpalatable.
- impitoyable — a type of large wine glass with a bowl shaped like a wide funnel to enhance the aromas.
- implantable — capable of being implanted.
- improbation — the act of disapproving or objecting to something
- in absentia — in the absence of the person involved: He was sentenced in absentia by the court.
- in bed with — in collusion with
- in the book — in all that is known and practiced in connection with a particular activity
- in the buff — naked