10-letter words containing n, i, s
- big spring — a city in W Texas.
- bilinguist — a speaker of two languages
- binet test — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- biocenosis — a community of biologically integrated and interdependent plants and animals
- biogenesis — the principle that a living organism must originate from a parent organism similar to itself
- bioscience — the life sciences collectively
- bipartisan — Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- birthstone — a precious or semiprecious stone associated with a month or sign of the zodiac and thought to bring luck if worn by a person born in that month or under that sign
- bismuthine — an unstable hydride of bismuth, BiH 3 , analogous to arsine and stibine.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bit string — (programming, data) An ordered sequence of bits. This is very similar to a bit pattern except that the term "string" suggests an arbitrary length sequence as opposed to a pre-determined length "pattern".
- bitchiness — characteristic of a bitch; spiteful; malicious.
- bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- blind seed — a disease of ryegrass, characterized by shriveled, soft seeds, caused by a fungus, Phialea temulenta.
- blind side — the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
- blind-side — the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blistering — Blistering heat is very great heat.
- blitheness — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blitzstein — Marc, 1905–64, U.S. composer.
- bloodiness — the state of being bloody
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- blue rinse — a rinse for tinting grey hair a silvery-blue colour
- blue stain — a bluish discoloration of sapwood caused by growth of fungi
- blue-rinse — of, for, or composed mostly of elderly women: the blue-rinse matinee audience.
- blurriness — blurred; indistinct.
- blush wine — any of certain wines similar in style to dry white wine although slightly pink in color: made like rosé from red-wine grapes, and often named by the grape's name preceded by “white,” as white zinfandel
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.