9-letter words containing b, i, o
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barricado — a barricade.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- bazillion — a very large, indefinite number
- bbc micro — BBC Microcomputer
- be big on — large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- be in for — If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
- be pie on — to be keen on
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- bebington — a town in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: docks and chemical works. Pop: 57 066 (2001)
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- beholding — to observe; look at; see.
- belection — bolection.
- belemnoid — shaped like a dart
- belitoeng — an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- bellibone — a beautiful and good woman
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bellowing — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- belonging — secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
- benitoite — a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi 3 O 9 , occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.