9-letter words containing a, l, o, b, r
- offerable — able to be offered
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- orderable — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- over-able — too able
- para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- pro-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- rattlebox — any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous plants that have inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
- razorable — able to be shaved
- razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
- removable — that may be removed.
- revocable — that may be revoked.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- revokable — that may be revoked.
- rhabdomal — of or relating to rhabdoms
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- roadblock — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- roll back — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- rotatable — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotatably — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- roundball — basketball
- rub along — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- strokable — appearing pleasant to stroke
- subdorsal — situated close to the back in humans or upper surface in animals
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- subocular — below or under the eye
- tabulator — a person or thing that tabulates.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- tolerable — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tolerably — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- trilobate — having three lobes.
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- unlabored — done or made with difficulty; heavy: labored breathing.
- vocabular — a vocabulary