9-letter words containing a, b, n, e
- alienable — (of property) transferable to another owner
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambulance — An ambulance is a vehicle for taking people to and from hospital.
- ambulante — a portable tea table, used in 18th-century France.
- amendable — to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure: Congress may amend the proposed tax bill.
- amoebaean — of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately
- anabasine — a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , used as an insecticide.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anaerobes — Plural form of anaerobe.
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anatabine — a liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 12 N 2 , obtained from tobacco.
- angel bed — French Furniture. a bed having a suspended or bracketed canopy of less than full length. Compare duchesse bed.
- angle bar — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angle-bar — an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
- anklebone — the bone of the ankle; talus
- annoyable — Capable of being annoyed.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- attenable — Alternative form of attainable.
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- bacchante — a priestess or female votary of Bacchus
- back nine — the holes of a golf course numbered 10 through 18, regarded as a unit
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.
- backbench — A backbench MP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
- backbends — Plural form of backbend.
- backboned — With a strong spine.
- backbones — Plural form of backbone.
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- bagginess — The characteristic of being baggy.
- baigneuse — a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- bairnlike — childlike
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- bakestone — a flat stone placed in or near an oven or fire, for baking cakes on
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.