8-letter words containing t, b, i
- bursitis — inflammation of a bursa, esp one in the shoulder joint
- bursting — If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them.
- bush tit — any of several North American titmice of the genus Psaltriparus, which construct long, pendent nests.
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- bustling — to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast.
- buy into — If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
- buy time — gain time (sense 2) (at , time)
- buzzbait — a fishing lure with small blades that stir the water
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- by right — properly; justly
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- ciabatta — Ciabatta or ciabatta bread is a type of white Italian bread that is made with olive oil.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clubbist — a member of a club
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- contrib. — contributor
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cubicity — the state or quality of being cubic
- cubistic — a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
- cucurbit — any creeping flowering plant of the mainly tropical and subtropical family Cucurbitaceae, which includes the pumpkin, cucumber, squashes, and gourds
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- daibutsu — a large representation of the Buddha.
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- de-orbit — the act of leaving orbit
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debility — Debility is a weakness of a person's body or mind, especially one caused by an illness.
- debitage — lithic debris and discards found at the sites where stone tools and weapons were made.
- debiting — the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debitors — a debtor.
- debuting — a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- diabatic — occurring with an exchange of heat (opposed to adiabatic): a diabatic process.
- diabetes — Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.