10-letter words containing si
- athanasian — of or relating to Athanasius or to the doctrines ascribed to him.
- athanasius — Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2
- autognosis — Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autonoesis — The neurocognitive ability to experience time as a series of subjective episodes.
- babesiasis — any of several tick-borne diseases of cattle, dogs, horses, sheep, and swine, caused by a babesia protozoan and characterized by fever and languor.
- babesiosis — a tick-borne disease of domesticated and wild mammals as well as humans, caused by a protozoan of the genera Babesia and characterized by fever, anaemia, jaundice, and in severe cases leading to death
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- bagassosis — an allergic response to the dust of bagasse, causing breathlessness and fever
- ballsiness — daring; courage
- baragnosis — loss of the ability to estimate or perceive the weight of an object.
- barasingha — Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basic salt — a salt formed by the partial neutralization of a base.
- basic slag — a furnace slag produced in steel-making, containing large amounts of calcium phosphate: used as a fertilizer
- basic wage — a person's wage excluding overtime, bonuses, etc
- basilectal — (linguistics) of, or relating to a basilect.
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- bassinette — Alternative spelling of bassinet.
- bastnasite — (mineral) A light brown mineral that is a source of many rare earth elements.
- bed-sitter — a combination bedroom and sitting room.
- bedsitting — as in bedsitting room
- belorussia — historical region in central Europe corresponding to present-day Belarus
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- big sister — an elder sister.
- 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
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- birth sign — the sign of the zodiac through which the sun is passing when a person is born
- bite-sized — Bite-sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth.
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- blind side — the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
- blind-side — the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
- 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
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
- bousingken — a drinking house frequented by thieves or other disreputable characters
- brassiness — made of or covered with brass.
- bravissimo — very well done! excellent!
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- bush basil — See under basil.
- business's — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- businesses — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- byssinosis — a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of fibre dust in textile factories