9-letter words containing a, d, o, r, b
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- gameboard — A portable surface on which a game is played, and which is marked for play of that game.
- gangboard — a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.
- garderobe — a wardrobe or its contents.
- gray body — any body that emits radiation at each wavelength in a constant ratio less than unity to that emitted by a black body at the same temperature.
- harboured — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard boot — (operating system) A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- hardboard — a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- moldboard — the curved metal plate in a plow that turns over the earth from the furrow.
- monoboard — Synonym of monoski.
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- moradabad — a city in N Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- non-brand — kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.
- obcordate — heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.
- off-board — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- off-brand — not having a recognized or popular brand or name: an off-brand TV set.
- orderable — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- overbaked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- overbroad — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- own brand — Own brands are products which have the trademark or label of the shop which sells them, especially a supermarket chain. They are normally cheaper than other popular brands.