10-letter words containing b, i, o
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- barrington — Jonah. born 1940, British squash player; winner of the Open Championship 1966–67, 1969–72
- barrow pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bartolozzi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1725?–1815? Italian engraver.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- baudouin i — 1930–93, king of Belgium (1951–93)
- bay window — A bay window is a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house.
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- be in love — If you are in love with someone, you feel romantically or sexually attracted to them, and they are very important to you.
- beat to it — do sth before sb else
- beatboxing — a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments
- beaujolais — Beaujolais is a type of red wine that comes from the region of eastern France called Beaujolais.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- beforetime — formerly
- behavioral — Behavioral means relating to the behavior of a person or animal, or to the study of their behavior.
- behaviours — manner of behaving or acting.
- bellinzona — a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)
- belongings — Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried.
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- ben-gurion — David, original name David Gruen. 1886–1973, Israeli socialist statesman, born in Poland; first prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63)
- bennington — a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)
- bentonitic — relating to bentonite
- benzocaine — a white crystalline ester used as a local anaesthetic; ethyl para-aminobenzoate. Formula: C9H11NO2
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- beribboned — adorned with ribbons
- berlusconi — Silvio (ˈsilvjo). born 1936, Italian politician and media tycoon: prime minister of Italy (1994–95, 2001–06, 2008–11); convicted of tax fraud and expelled from the Italian Senate in 2013
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betula oil — methyl salicylate.
- bi-curious — considering experimenting with bisexuality
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- bible oath — an oath sworn with one's hand on the Christian Bible
- bibliofilm — a microfilm used especially in libraries to photograph the pages of valuable or much-used books.
- bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.