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9-letter words containing a, b, s, o

  • białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
  • bibacious — tending to drink in excess
  • bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
  • bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
  • biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
  • biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
  • biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
  • biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
  • biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
  • bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
  • blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
  • blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
  • blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
  • bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
  • blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
  • boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
  • boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
  • boastless — without boasting
  • boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
  • boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
  • boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
  • bob skate — an ice skate with two parallel blades
  • bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
  • body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
  • body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
  • body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
  • bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
  • bokassa i — original name Jean Bedel Bokassa. 1921–96, president of the Central African Republic (1972–76); emperor of the renamed Central African Empire from 1976 until overthrown in 1979
  • bombasine — bombazine.
  • bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  • bondslave — a person held in bondage.
  • bonilasse — an attractive young woman
  • bookmarks — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
  • bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
  • bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
  • boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
  • bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
  • bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
  • bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
  • borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
  • bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
  • bosberaad — a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
  • boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
  • bostonian — a person from Boston
  • botmaster — (chat)   The owner of a bot.
  • bourasque — a tempest
  • box stall — a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
  • broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
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