9-letter words containing a, b, l, e, i
- balkanize — to divide (a territory) into small warring states
- balkiness — The state or quality of being balky.
- balklines — Plural form of balkline.
- ballabile — a dance within a ballet where the chorus perform, with or without the principal dancers
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- balladize — to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- ballistae — an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- ballsiest — Superlative form of ballsy.
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- banalized — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- 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
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base line — a line serving as a base
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beam mill — a rolling mill for roughing a bloom and rolling it into a shape.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.