9-letter words containing b, a, i, r
- sainsbury — David John, Baron. born 1940, British businessman and politician, chief executive of the Sainsbury supermarket chain (1992–98); science minister (1998–2006)
- 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.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- scribable — able to be written or written on
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- sissy bar — a tall, looplike frame fitted to the rear of a bicycle or motorcycle saddle, functioning chiefly as a backrest.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slice bar — a long-handled instrument with a blade at the end, for clearing away or breaking up clinkers, coal, etc., in a furnace.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- spareribs — a cut of meat from the rib section, especially of pork or beef, with some meat adhering to the bones.
- stirabout — porridge.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- subaerial — located or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- subarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
- sublinear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- sugarbird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- suribachi — an extinct volcano on Iwo Jima island: World War II battle 1945.
- sushi bar — restaurant serving Japanese rice dishes
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tie-break — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.
- timberman — a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.
- torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- trailable — capable of being trailed.
- trainable — capable of being trained.
- trainband — a company of trained militia organized in London and elsewhere in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
- treblinka — a Nazi concentration camp in Poland, near Warsaw.
- tribadism — lesbianism.
- tribalism — the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.