9-letter words containing a, b, n, e
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernhardi — Friedrich A. J. von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German general.
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- bethankit — (used as part of a grace spoken before a meal) God be thanked!
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- bi-endian — Silicon schizophrenia. Processors and other chips that have can be switched to work in big-endian or little-endian mode. The PowerPC chip has this ability, which allows it to run the little-endian Windows NT, or the big-endian Mac OS/PPC.
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bike lane — A bike lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by people riding bicycles.
- bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- bioparent — a biological parent
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bipinnate — (of pinnate leaves) having the leaflets themselves divided into smaller leaflets
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bit plane — (graphics) (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
- bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackener — someone who blackens
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluejeans — jeans made of blue denim
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bobbejaan — a baboon
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.