9-letter words containing t, e, b, i
- budgeting — financial planning
- buffeting — response of an aircraft structure to buffet, esp an irregular oscillation of the tail
- bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
- bulleting — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- busticate — to break
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenobitic — Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
- cetuximab — a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chabazite — a pink, white, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, sodium, potassium, and aluminium in hexagonal crystalline form. Formula: Ca2Al2Si4O12.6H2O
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- check bit — a binary digit used as part of a unit of information that is intended to indicate whether or not an error has occurred in the transmission or storage of the information.
- chubbiest — Superlative form of chubby.
- city-bred — reared in a city.
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- coenobite — a member of a religious order following a communal rule of life
- cogitable — conceivable
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- columbite — a black mineral consisting of a niobium oxide of iron and manganese in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in coarse granite, often with tantalite, and is an ore of niobium. Formula: (Fe, Mn)(Nb)2O6
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.
- combinate — combined
- comptible — (obsolete) accountable; responsible.
- crabbiest — Superlative form of crabby.
- crib-bite — to practice cribbing.
- crossbite — a dental condition in which the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth