9-letter words containing a, l, b
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- boil away — When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- boliviano — (until 1963 and from 1987) the standard monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bolt boat — a boat suitable for use in rough seas.
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- boobialla — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Myoporum, esp M. insulare
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- 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.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- box stall — a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
- boxwallah — an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India
- brabbling — to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- braillist — a person who transcribes or creates Braille
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- branchlet — a small branch
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- brasilein — brazilein
- brazeless — seamless
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5