9-letter words containing a, c, t
- bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- bisulcate — marked by two grooves
- bit decay — bit rot
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- bite back — If you bite back a feeling or something that you were going to say, you stop yourself from expressing it.
- black art — black magic
- black hat — a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- black rat — a common rat, Rattus rattus: a household pest that has spread from its native Asia to all countries
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- black tar — black heroin.
- black tea — tea withered and fermented before being dried by heating
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- blackbutt — any of various Australian eucalyptus trees having rough fibrous bark and hard wood used as timber
- blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
- blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- 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.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bookstack — Usually, bookstacks. stack (def 4).
- boot camp — In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained.
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- brachiate — having widely divergent paired branches
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bracteate — (of a plant) having bracts
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- brecciate — to form into breccia
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- britannic — of Britain; British (esp in the phrases His or Her Britannic Majesty)
- 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.
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- 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)