9-letter words containing a, r, o, l
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barrowful — The amount that can fit in a barrow.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- bilobular — having two lobules
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova
- 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.
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.