9-letter words containing a, b, l, e
- barrelful — as much or as many as a barrel will hold
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- basaltine — a black or brown-green mineral (Ca, Mg, Fe)SiO3
- base line — a line serving as a base
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- baseballs — Plural form of baseball.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- baseplate — a flat supporting plate or frame at the base of a column, designed to distribute the column's weight over a greater area and provide increased stability
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basipetal — (of leaves and flowers) produced in order from the apex downwards so that the youngest are at the base
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- 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.
- battelles — Plural form of battell.
- battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
- battleaxe — Alternative spelling of battle-ax.
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- 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.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beam axle — A beam axle is a rigid beam which connects a nearside (= on the side near the pavement) wheel and an offside (= on the side away from the pavement) wheel.
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- 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
- bean ball — a pitch aimed at the batter's head, in violation of the rules
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bear claw — a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.