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9-letter words containing t, i, n

  • benitoite — a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi 3 O 9 , occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.
  • bentonite — a valuable clay, formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash, that swells as it absorbs water: used as a filler in the building, paper, and pharmaceutical industries
  • bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
  • bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
  • besetting — tempting, harassing, or assailing (esp in the phrase besetting sin)
  • beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
  • beta line — beta (def 6).
  • bethankit — (used as part of a grace spoken before a meal) God be thanked!
  • bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • bicentric — having two centres
  • bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
  • biestings — beestings
  • big night — an important and usually anticipated evening
  • bijection — a mathematical function or mapping that is both an injection and a surjection and therefore has an inverse
  • bilection — bolection
  • bilestone — gallstone.
  • bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
  • billeting — the activity of assigning soldiers or others to accommodation that is not normally used by them
  • billionth — The billionth item in a series is the one you count as number one billion.
  • bimonthly — A bimonthly event or publication happens or appears every two months.
  • binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
  • binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
  • birthname — a name given at birth
  • bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
  • bisontine — relating to bison
  • bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • bittering — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
  • bitternut — an E North American hickory tree, Carya cordiformis, with thin-shelled nuts and bitter kernels
  • bivoltine — producing two broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths.
  • blighting — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
  • blind gut — cecum
  • blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
  • blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
  • block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
  • blow into — to arrive in or enter (a room, etc) suddenly
  • bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
  • blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
  • boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
  • boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
  • bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
  • bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
  • bonetired — completely exhausted
  • bonington — Sir Chris(tian John Storey). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985
  • book into — to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at (a hotel)
  • bostonian — a person from Boston
  • botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
  • botanizer — a person who botanizes
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