5-letter words containing i
- birse — a bristle
- birsy — bristly
- birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- bisdn — Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network.
- bisho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3200 sq. mi. (8300 sq. km). Capital: Bisho.
- bison — A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe.
- bisso — bis2 .
- bisto — a preparation for thickening, flavouring, and browning gravy
- bitch — If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
- biter — a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.
- bitsy — very small
- bitte — you're welcome!
- bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.
- bivvy — a small tent or shelter
- bixie — /bik'see/ Variant emoticons used on Byte Information eXchange. The smiley bixie is <@[email protected]>, apparently intending to represent two cartoon eyes and a mouth. A few others have been reported.
- biysk — a city in SW Russia, at the foot of the Altai Mountains. Pop: 216 000 (2005 est)
- bizet — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)
- bizzo — empty and irrelevant talk or ideas; nonsense
- bizzy — a policeman
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- blida — a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)
- bligh — William. 1754–1817, British admiral; Governor of New South Wales (1806–9), deposed by the New South Wales Corps: as a captain, commander of H.M.S. Bounty when the crew mutinied in 1789
- blimp — A blimp is the same as an airship.
- blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- bling — Some people refer to expensive or fancy jewellery as bling or bling-bling.
- blini — Russian pancakes made of buckwheat flour and yeast
- blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
- bliss — Bliss is a state of complete happiness.
- blite — any of a variety of plants in the family Chenopodiaceae, esp Amaranthus blitum
- blitt — Bachelor of Letters
- blitz — If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
- blois — a town in N central France, on the Loire: 13th-century castle. Pop: 46 013 (2009)
- bodhi — enlightenment
- bogie — an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
- bohai — a large inlet of the Yellow Sea on the coast of NE China
- boing — to rebound making a noise
- boink — /boynk/ [Usenet: variously ascribed to the TV series "Cheers" "Moonlighting", and "Soap"] 1. To have sex with; compare bounce. (This is mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth hackish the variant "bonk" is more common. 2. After the original Peter Korn "Boinkon" Usenet parties, used for almost any net social gathering, e.g. Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area. Compare @-party. 3. Variant of "bonk"; see bonk/oif.
- boise — a city in SW Idaho: the state capital. Pop: 190 117 (2003 est)
- boite — a small nightclub, cabaret, or restaurant
- boito — Arrigo (arˈriɡo). 1842–1918, Italian operatic composer and librettist, whose works include the opera Mefistofele (1868) and the librettos for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff
- bolix — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bondi — Sir Hermann. 1919–2005, British mathematician and cosmologist, born in Austria; joint originator (with Sir Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold) of the steady-state theory of the universe
- boric — of or containing boron
- boris — a masculine name
- bosie — a googly
- bovid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bovidae, a family of ruminant artiodactyl hollow-horned mammals including sheep, goats, cattle, antelopes, and buffalo
- bowie — David, real name David Jones. 1947–2016, British rock singer, songwriter, and film actor. His recordings include "Space Oddity" (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Young Americans (1975), Heroes (1977), Let's Dance (1983), The Next Day (2013), and Blackstar (2016)
- bphil — Bachelor of Philosophy