9-letter words containing a, b, o, r, t
- briarroot — the hard woody root of the briar, used for making tobacco pipes
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bromatium — any of the swollen hyphal tips of certain fungi, on which ants can feed.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- brown bat — any of several small to medium-sized common bats of the genera Myotis and Eptesicus, found worldwide in caves, trees, and buildings, including M. lucifugus (little brown bat) and E. fuscus (big brown bat) a widespread North American species.
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- 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.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- cohabiter — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- combaters — Plural form of combater.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crosstabs — Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977).
- dartboard — A dartboard is a circular board with numbers on it which is used as the target in a game of darts.
- dirtboard — A long skateboard with larger-than-average wheels, designed for off-road use.
- dreamboat — a highly attractive or desirable person.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- elaborate — ornate, showy
- embrocate — (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
- exprobate — (obsolete) To exprobrate.
- extrabold — a font with very bold characters
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- ferryboat — a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
- footboard — a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- gastrobot — a robot that is able to supply itself with sugar, which it uses as a source of fuel
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- hard boot — (operating system) A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
- hereabout — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- inhabitor — One who inhabits.
- jobstears — (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
- joint bar — one of a pair of bars used to join two rails longitudinally.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- laborists — Plural form of laborist.
- laborites — Plural form of laborite.
- labourist — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
- laterborn — born later