9-letter words containing a, b, i
- not a bit — not at all
- notabilia — things worthy of notice
- noticable — Misspelling of noticeable.
- obbligato — (used as a musical direction) obligatory or indispensable; so important that it cannot be omitted.
- obconical — conical, with the attachment at the pointed end.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligatee — (government) A person who is obligated by law to do something.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obliviate — To forget, to wipe from existence.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstinant — (proscribed) Obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- obtaining — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obviating — Present participle of obviate.
- obviation — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obviative — Describing such a marker.
- on a limb — isolated
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- paintable — easily painted
- paintball — a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.
- pair bond — the exclusive relationship formed between a male and a female, esp in some species of animals and birds during courtship and breeding
- pair-bond — (of a mating couple) to form and maintain a pair bond.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paranaiba — a river in W Minas Gerais, S central Brazil, flowing W and joining the Rio Grande to form the Paraná River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- pedal bin — A pedal bin is a container for waste, usually in a kitchen or bathroom. It has a lid which is controlled by a pedal that you press with your foot.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pickaback — piggyback
- piggyback — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pizza box — [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially Sun) desktop workstations, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two megabyte single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is.