9-letter words containing b, a, r, i, e
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- bairnlike — childlike
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barberite — an alloy of about 88 percent copper, 5 percent nickel, 5 percent tin, and 2 percent silicon, resistant to sea water and sulfuric acid.
- barbicels — Plural form of barbicel.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barricade — A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- base pair — a pair of bases consisting of the pyrimidine base of one nucleotide joined by a hydrogen bond to the complementary purine base of another nucleotide: such pairs form the links between the two strands of DNA and of double-stranded RNA
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- bear raid — an attempt to force down the price of a security or commodity by sustained selling
- bear with — If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.