10-letter words containing t, o
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- bettermost — best
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biblioteca — a library.
- bibliotics — the scientific study of handwriting, or written documents, for investigative purposes
- bibliotist — a person who engages in bibliotics
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- big-footed — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- bigfooting — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- bijouterie — jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
- bikini top — the part of a bikini worn over the breasts
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- binational — involving two nations
- binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
- binoxalate — an acid containing the group HC 2 O 4 –, as ammonium binoxalate, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O.
- biobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- biocellate — (of animals and plants) marked with two eyelike spots or ocelli
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biochemist — A biochemist is a scientist or student who studies biochemistry.
- bioclastic — (of deposits, esp limestones) derived from shell fragments or similar organic remains
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- bioethanol — a biofuel based on alcohol which may be combined with petrol for use in vehicles
- biogenetic — genetic engineering.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biomimetic — (of a human-made product) imitating nature or a natural process
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bioreagent — a reagent of biological origin, such as an enzyme
- biostatics — the branch of biology that deals with the structure of organisms in relation to their function
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- birostrate — having two beaks or beak-like projections
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- birthstool — a specially shaped seat formerly used in childbirth.
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state