8-letter words containing io
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asuncion — the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audioone — (tool, music) Digital recording and editing software developed by BizTrack Software Development for the dance, music, and audio industries. AudioOne includes a waveform recorder that allows signal manipulation, editing, and recording.
- audition — An audition is a short performance given by an actor, dancer, or musician so that a director or conductor can decide if they are good enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.
- autobiog — autobiography.
- aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- aviation — Aviation is the operation and production of aircraft.
- avionics — Avionics is the science of electronics used in aviation.
- avoision — the non-payment of tax which cannot be classified as either avoidance or evasion
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- badoglio — Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- behavior — People's or animals' behavior is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behavior.
- besognio — a young soldier
- bibation — the activity of drinking to excess
- bibliog. — bibliographer
- bination — celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biocycle — the cycling of chemicals through the biosphere
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- biolytic — able to destroy life.
- biometer — a device for measuring the production of carbon dioxide in functioning tissue
- biometry — the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
- biomorph — a set of two-dimensional branching biomorphic images that can be used to illustrate evolutionary concepts
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biosolid — relating to residue from treated sewage
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biotoxin — a toxic substance produced by a living organism
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- boccioni — Umberto (umˈberto). 1882–1916, Italian painter and sculptor: principal theorist of the futurist movement
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.