8-letter words starting with bi
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- big head — If you describe someone as a big head, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- big hook — wrecking crane.
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- big iron — (jargon) (Or "heavy metal [Cambridge]) Large, expensive, ultra-fast computers. Used generally of number crunching supercomputers such as Crays, but can include more conventional big commercial IBMish mainframes. The term implies approval, in contrast to "dinosaur".
- big mama — a man's sweetheart, girlfriend, or wife.
- big name — A big name is a person who is successful and famous because of their work.
- big road — a main road or highway.
- big room — (jargon, humour) The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room."
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- big tent — a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups
- big time — You can use big time to refer to the highest level of an activity or sport where you can achieve the greatest amount of success or importance. If you describe a person as big time, you mean they are successful and important.
- big tree — a giant Californian coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, with a wide tapering trunk and thick spongy bark: family Taxodiaceae. It often reaches a height of 90 metres
- big-name — having a widespread public reputation as a leader in a specified field; famous: a big-name doctor; a big-name actress.
- big-note — to boast about (oneself)
- big-room — denoting a style of electronic music featuring regular beats and simple melodies, designed to be played in large venues
- big-tent — a political party's or coalition's policy or doctrine of allowing and encouraging a wide range of beliefs, opinions, and views among its members.
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- bigeminy — a heart complaint in which beats occur in pairs
- bigender — Also, bigendered. noting or relating to a person who has two gender identities or some combination of both.
- bighting — the middle part of a rope, as distinguished from the ends.
- bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
- bignonia — any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers
- bigstick — of, or relating to, irresistible military strength
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- bikinied — dressed in a bikini
- bilabial — of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilberry — A bilberry is a small, round, dark-blue fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe.
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- bill joy — William Joy
- billable — referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay
- billbook — a pocketbook record of bills received, paid, etc
- billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- billfold — A billfold is a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards.
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- billhook — a cutting tool with a wooden handle and a curved blade terminating in a hook at its tip, used for pruning, chopping, etc
- billi bi — a rich soup of mussels, cream, shallots, and white wine.
- billiard — of or relating to billiards
- billings — Josh (dʒɑʃ ) ; jäsh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- billiton — an island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra. Chief town: Tanjungpandan. Area: 4833 sq km (1866 sq miles)
- billowed — a great wave or surge of the sea.
- billyboy — a type of river barge
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes