9-letter words containing a, l, b, o, r
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barrowful — The amount that can fit in a barrow.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- bilobular — having two lobules
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
- 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
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- 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
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- browallia — any plant of the Browallia genus of South American flowering plants
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- browsable — able to be browsed
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman