11-letter words containing t, i, b
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bail bandit — a person who either commits a crime while on bail or who jumps bail and fails to appear in court
- baitcasting — (angling) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure).
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- balistraria — (in a medieval fortification) an opening, usually in the form of a cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
- ballicatter — (in Newfoundland) ice that forms along a shore from waves and spray
- balloonists — Plural form of balloonist.
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bambocciata — a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.
- bananaquits — Plural form of bananaquit.
- bandeirante — a 16th–18th-century Portugese explorer in South America motivated by profit, known for hunting down natives for slaves as well as for locating mines of precious stones and metals
- banistering — Present participle of banister.
- bankability — acceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- banquetings — Plural form of banqueting.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
- barbarities — Plural form of barbarity.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturate — A barbiturate is a drug which people take to make them calm or to help them to sleep.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barfulation — /bar`fyoo-lay'sh*n/ Variation of barf used around the Stanford area. An exclamation, expressing disgust. On seeing some particularly bad code one might exclaim, "Barfulation! Who wrote this, Quux?"
- baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- barquentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- basic steel — steel produced by the basic process.
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- basket fish — basket star.
- basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bass strait — a channel between mainland Australia and Tasmania, linking the Indian Ocean and the Tasman Sea
- bastardised — Simple past tense and past participle of bastardise.
- bastardized — If you refer to something as a bastardized form of something else, you mean that the first thing is similar to or copied from the second thing, but is of much poorer quality.