9-letter words containing a, d, r, o
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- bed board — a thin, stiff board placed on a bed under the mattress to lend added support for the body
- beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- board out — If someone in your care is boarded out, they are sent to stay with someone else.
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardroom — The boardroom is a room where the board of a company meets.
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boat ride — a ride in a boat
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- body part — a part of a human body
- body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
- bodyboard — a surfboard that is shorter and blunter than the standard board and on which the surfer lies rather than stands
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- bordereau — a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks
- bosberaad — a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- bouvardia — a genus of flowering herbs and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical parts of Central America
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- breadroom — a room or compartment where bread is kept, esp on a ship
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- briarwood — any of several woods used to make tobacco pipes
- broadband — Broadband is a method of sending many electronic messages at the same time, using a wide range of frequencies.
- broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
- broadbrim — a broad-brimmed hat, esp one worn by the Quakers in the 17th century
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- broadener — a person who broadens something, a device which broadens something
- broadhead — a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
- broadmoor — an institution in Berkshire, England, for housing and treating mentally ill criminals
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.