9-letter words containing a, b, r, e
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- broomrape — any orobanchaceous plant of the genus Orobanche: brownish small-flowered leafless parasites on the roots of other plants, esp on legumes
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- browsable — able to be browsed
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- 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
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- budgetary — A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent.
- bull gear — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- 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
- bunkerage — the act of bunkering a vessel.
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- by nature — essentially or innately
- bypassers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- 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.
- c battery — the power source for biasing the control-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cable car — A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calembour — a pun
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbamide — urea.
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.