9-letter words containing a, n, e, r
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- be warned — If someone says to you 'be warned', they are advising you to be cautious, because there are risks that you may not have thought about.
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- bean tree — any of various trees having beanlike pods, such as the catalpa and carob
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- beernaert — Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernhardi — Friedrich A. J. von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German general.
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binuclear — having two nuclei
- bioparent — a biological parent
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthname — a name given at birth
- blackener — someone who blackens
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- 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
- bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain