9-letter words containing a, l, b, c
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backslash — a slash which slopes to the left \
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- bailiwick — the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
- balaclava — A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face.
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balancing — the process of achieving or maintaining equilibrium
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- balconies — Plural form of balcony.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- baldfaced — blatant or undisguised
- ball clay — a fine dark kaolinic clay that turns white or nearly white when fired, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of ceramic wares in combination with other clays for its exceptional bonding properties and plasticity.
- ball club — a permanent team of professional or amateur players of a ball game, especially baseball.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ball race — a ball bearing
- ballastic — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballcocks — Plural form of ballcock.
- ballistic — Ballistic means relating to ballistics.
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- basilical — royal, regal
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicas — Plural form of basilica.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- beachball — a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach
- bear claw — a sweet, almond-flavored breakfast pastry made with yeast dough and shaped in an irregular semicircle resembling a bear's claw.
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- bell arch — a round arch resting on prominent corbels.