8-letter words containing si
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basifier — anything that makes something alkaline
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassists — Plural form of bassist.
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- bedsides — Plural form of bedside.
- beersies — beers
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- besieged — to lay siege to.
- besieger — to lay siege to.
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- biphasic — having two phases
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- blousily — in the manner of a blouse
- blousing — a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- bogosity — /boh-go's*-tee/ The degree to which something is "bogus" in the hackish sense of "bad". At CMU, bogosity is measured with a bogometer; in a seminar, when a speaker says something bogus, a listener might raise his hand and say "My bogometer just triggered". More extremely, "You just pinned my bogometer" means you just said or did something so outrageously bogus that it is off the scale, pinning the bogometer needle at the highest possible reading (one might also say "You just redlined my bogometer"). The agreed-upon unit of bogosity is the microLenat. Also, the potential field generated by a bogon flux; see quantum bogodynamics. See also bogon flux, bogon filter.
- bombesin — a hormone partly responsible for regulating appetite
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- box sill — a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brasiers — a person who makes articles of brass.
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- brassica — Brassicas are vegetables such as cabbages, broccoli and turnips.
- brassier — made of or covered with brass.
- brassish — like brass; brassy
- brindisi — a port in SE Italy, in SE Apulia: important naval base in Roman times and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages. Pop: 89 081 (2001)
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- bursitis — inflammation of a bursa, esp one in the shoulder joint
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- c (ansi) — ANSI C
- caesious — having a waxy bluish-grey coating