9-letter words starting with bi
- bin liner — A bin liner is a plastic bag that you put inside a waste bin or dustbin.
- bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
- bindi-eye — any of various small weedy Australian herbaceous plants of the genus Calotis, with burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- bindingly — in a binding manner
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binh dinh — former home of An Nhon.
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binominal — of or denoting the binomial nomenclature
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- binprolog — (language) Probably the fastest freely available C-emulated Prolog. BinProlog features: logical and permanent global variables; backtrackable destructive assignment; circular term unification; extended DCGs (now built into the engine as "invisible grammars"); intuitionistic and linear implication based hypothetical reasoning; a Tcl/Tk interface. Version 3.30 runs on SPARC/Solaris 2.x, SunOS 4.x; DEC Alpha 64-bit version; DEC MIPS; SGI MIPS; 68k - NeXT, Sun-3; IBM RS6000; HP PA-RISC (two variants); Intel 80386, Intel 486/Linux, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.1 (with DOS-extender go32 v1.10). E-mail: Paul Tarau <[email protected]>.
- binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biofouler — an animal that obstructs or pollutes the environment
- biofueled — running on biofuel
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- biologies — the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
- biologism — the explanation of human behaviour through biology
- biologist — a specialist in biology.
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- biomining — the use of microorganisms to collect precious metals for extraction
- bionomics — ecology (sense 1)
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biosolids — semisolid or solid organic material obtained from the recycling of sewage, used esp as a fertilizer
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- bioturbed — stirred by organisms