9-letter words containing b, a, i, l
- obligatee — (government) A person who is obligated by law to do something.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obliviate — To forget, to wipe from existence.
- obloquial — having a relation or connection to obloquy
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- on a limb — isolated
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- paintable — easily painted
- paintball — a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- pedal bin — A pedal bin is a container for waste, usually in a kitchen or bathroom. It has a lid which is controlled by a pedal that you press with your foot.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- 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).
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play-bill — a program or announcement of a play.
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- rail bead — a long, straight, cock bead.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
- recitable — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
- refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- revisable — to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
- revivable — to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- rib vault — a vault supported by or decorated with diagonal ribs.
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rinseable — able to be rinsed
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- sabadilla — a Mexican plant, Schoenocaulon officinale, of the lily family, having long, grasslike leaves and bitter seeds.
- sabellian — a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- salisbury — Harrison, 1908–93, U.S. journalist and writer.
- salubrity — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.