9-letter words containing a, e, r, i, l
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- bilateral — Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements, involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
- biliteral — consisting of two letters
- billerica — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- bizarrely — markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. Synonyms: weird, freakish, grotesque; fantastic; unusual, strange, odd.
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brasilein — brazilein
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- camelhair — the hair of the camel or dromedary, used in clothing, rugs, etc
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- caprioled — Simple past tense and past participle of capriole.
- caprioles — Plural form of capriole.
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carmelize — (US) Alternative form of caramelize.
- carnalise — sensualise
- carnalize — to sensualise