9-letter words containing a, b, e, c, o
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- boy racer — British journalists sometimes refer to young men who drive very fast, especially in expensive and powerful cars, as boy racers.
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- cable box — an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calembour — a pun
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- canoeable — (of a river, etc) able to be navigated in a canoe
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
- casebooks — Plural form of casebook.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- closeable — able to be closed
- coachable — capable of being coached
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cogitable — conceivable
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohabitee — A person who cohabits with another.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- cohobates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohobate.
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- colorable — capable of being colored
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- combative — A person who is combative is aggressive and eager to fight or argue.