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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.
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