9-letter words containing a, b, n, e
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- bullsnake — an American burrowing snake
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bunkerage — the act of bunkering a vessel.
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- by a nose — by the length of the animal's nose in horse racing, etc.
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- canoeable — (of a river, etc) able to be navigated in a canoe
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carborane — any of the crystalline compounds obtained by the substitution of carbon for boron in borane.
- carbuncle — A carbuncle is a large swelling under the skin.
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- casebound — bound in hard covers.