9-letter words containing a, b, i
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- bandicoot — any agile terrestrial marsupial of the family Peramelidae of Australia and New Guinea. They have a long pointed muzzle and a long tail and feed mainly on small invertebrates
- bandiness — the quality of being bandy
- bandished — Simple past tense and past participle of bandish.
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandoline — a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place
- bandurria — a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings.
- bandwidth — A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.
- bang into — a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- banishing — Present participle of banish.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bank bill — a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bank raid — an attack on a bank, often involving firearms and violence, with the aim of stealing money or other valuables
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- baptisand — Alternative spelling of baptizand.
- baptising — Present participle of baptise.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- baptizand — A person about to submit to baptism.
- baptizing — Present participle of baptize.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers
- barbadian — Barbadian means belonging or relating to Barbados or its people.
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barberite — an alloy of about 88 percent copper, 5 percent nickel, 5 percent tin, and 2 percent silicon, resistant to sea water and sulfuric acid.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness