9-letter words containing a, b, o, r, t
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- bare-root — of or relating to a tree or shrub prepared for transplanting by having all or most of the soil removed from about its roots.
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- beatboxer — (music) A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- board out — If someone in your care is boarded out, they are sent to stay with someone else.
- boat ride — a ride in a boat
- boat trip — a trip in a boat
- body part — a part of a human body
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.