11-letter words containing t, b, i
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- behind time — late
- belize city — a port and the largest city in Belize, on the Caribbean coast: capital until 1973, when that function was transferred inland to Belmopan owing to hurricane risk. Pop: 53 000 (2005 est)
- bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- belowstairs — (formerly) at or in the basement of a large house, considered as the place where the servants live and work
- belted tire — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- benedict ii — Saint, died a.d. 685, pope 684–85.
- benedict iv — died a.d. 903, pope 900–03.
- benedict ix — died 1056? pope 1032–44; 1045; 1047–48.
- benedict vi — died a.d. 974, pope 973–74.
- benedict xi — (Niccolò Boccasini) 1240–1304, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1303–04.
- benedict xv — original name Giacomo della Chiesa. 1854–1922, pope (1914–22); noted for his repeated attempts to end World War I and for his organization of war relief
- benedictine — A Benedictine is a monk or nun who is a member of a Christian religious community that follows the rule of St. Benedict.
- benediction — A benediction is a kind of Christian prayer.
- benedictive — relating to a benediction or blessing
- benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- beneficiate — to process (ores) through reduction
- benefitting — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- bertrandite — a mineral, hydrous beryllium silicate, Be 4 Si 2 O 7 (OH) 2 , colorless or pale yellow, with a vitreous luster, occurring as tabular or prismatic crystals in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins.
- beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- best friend — a dearest friend
- bestridable — capable of being bestridden
- beta crucis — a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Southern Cross.
- beth hillel — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish spiritual leader Hillel and characterized by its systematic use of interpretive principles and a certain flexibility in interpreting the oral and written law.
- betsiamites — a river in E Quebec, Canada, flowing SE to the St. Lawrence River. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- betting tax — a tax on gambling
- betweentime — the time between events; interval
- bevel joint — a miter joint, especially one in which two pieces meet at other than a right angle.
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- bhartrihari — a.d. 570?–650? Indian grammarian and poet.
- bi-bivalent — separating into two bivalent ions
- bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bible story — a story from the Bible
- biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
- biblioklept — a person who steals books.
- bibliolater — someone who reveres the Bible