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9-letter words containing a, b, e, t, o

  • barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
  • barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
  • barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
  • basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
  • bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
  • batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
  • bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
  • batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
  • bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
  • batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
  • batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
  • batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.
  • bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
  • bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
  • bean town — Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
  • beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
  • beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
  • beatboxer — (music) A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice.
  • beatboxes — Plural form of beatbox.
  • beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
  • beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
  • bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
  • belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
  • bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
  • beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
  • betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
  • betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
  • betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
  • bifoliate — having only two leaves
  • bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded
  • bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
  • bioparent — a biological parent
  • biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
  • biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
  • biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
  • bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
  • bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
  • boastless — without boasting
  • 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
  • boat ride — a ride in a boat
  • boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
  • boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
  • bob skate — an ice skate with two parallel blades
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
  • bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
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