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9-letter words containing a, l, i

  • 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.
  • bilobular — having two lobules
  • bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
  • 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
  • binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
  • binominal — of or denoting the binomial nomenclature
  • binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
  • 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.
  • biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
  • biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
  • biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
  • 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.
  • birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
  • bismillah — the words which preface all except one of the surahs of the Koran, used by Muslims as a blessing before eating or some other action
  • bisulcate — marked by two grooves
  • bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
  • bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
  • bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
  • bivalvate — having or consisting of two valves or similar parts
  • 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.
  • black ice — Black ice is a thin, transparent layer of ice on a road or path that is very difficult to see.
  • black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
  • black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
  • black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
  • blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
  • blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
  • blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
  • blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
  • blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
  • blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
  • bladelike — resembling a blade
  • blazingly — in a blazing manner
  • bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
  • blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
  • blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
  • blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
  • blue lias — a type of rock composed of alternating layers of bluish shale or clay and grey argillaceous limestone
  • boardlike — resembling a board
  • boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
  • boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
  • 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
  • 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
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