9-letter words containing a, b, s
- brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- brushmark — the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- bull bars — a large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bullsnake — an American burrowing snake
- 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
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bush-bash — to clear scrubland
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwhack — to ambush
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- busticate — to break
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- buttstrap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- by a nose — by the length of the animal's nose in horse racing, etc.
- by halves — without being thorough or exhaustive
- byam shaw — Glen Alexander. 1904–81, British actor and theatre director; director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1953–59)
- bypassers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- cab stand — A cab stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station.
- cabassous — Plural form of cabassou.
- cabbalism — cabala.
- cabbalist — cabala.
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cableways — Plural form of cableway.
- cabochons — Plural form of cabochon.
- cabstands — Plural form of cabstand.
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- callbacks — Plural form of callback.
- cannibals — Plural form of cannibal.
- capybaras — Plural form of capybara.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonous — of, containing, or derived from carbon.