9-letter words containing a, l, i, d
- auditable — able to be audited
- auto idle — (processor) A facility provided by some Intel clock doubled microprocessors where the internal clock can be slowed to the external clock rate while the processor is waiting for data from memory, returning to full speed as soon as the data arrives. See also System Management Mode.
- auto-dial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autocidal — (of insect pest control) effected by the introduction of sterile or genetically altered individuals into the wild population
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- bail bond — a surety bond (money or property) offered or deposited by a defendant or other persons to ensure the defendant's appearance at trial
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- baldachin — a richly ornamented silk and gold brocade
- baldaquin — Also, baudekin. Textiles. a silk brocade interwoven with gold or silver threads, used chiefly for ceremonial purposes.
- baldwin i — 1058–1118, crusader and first king of Jerusalem (1100–18), who captured Acre (1104), Beirut (1109), and Sidon (1110)
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- balladize — to make (something) into a ballad; write a ballad about.
- banalized — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- band mill — a powered machine having two pulleys for a saw band or a file band; band saw.
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandoline — a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bile acid — any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- billiards — Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or into pockets around the sides of the table.
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- biradical — a molecule with two centres
- bird call — a sound made by a bird.
- bird walk — an excursion, usually undertaken as a group with an expert leader, for observing and studying birds in their natural habitat.
- blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- boardlike — resembling a board
- bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- 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