9-letter words containing a, b, i, r
- ambrosian — exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
- amebiform — That resembles an amoeba / ameba.
- aminocarb — a crystalline compound, C 11 H 16 N 2 O 2 , used as a nonsystemic insecticide on various food crops and forest growth.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antiurban — opposed to the urban environment or urban life
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- arability — the suitability of land for growing crops
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arbitrage — In finance, arbitrage is the activity of buying shares or currency in one financial market and selling it at a profit in another.
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- arboviral — caused by an arbovirus
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- archibald — a masculine name: dim. Archie, Archy
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- babbittry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babirusas — Plural form of babirusa.
- baby girl — a female baby
- bacciform — shaped like a berry
- bacillary — of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite