9-letter words containing b, c, l
- blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- blackwell — Elizabeth1821-1910; 1st woman physician in the U.S., born in England
- blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- bliss-16c — (language) DEC's cross-compiler equivalent of BLISS-11.
- blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
- blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
- block off — When you block off a door, window, or passage, you put something across it so that nothing can pass through it.
- block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
- block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
- blockable — able to be blocked or prevented
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
- blockhead — a stupid person
- blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- blockwork — a wall or structure made of bricks or blocks, or the act of building such a structure
- blow-back — Blow-back is when the air flow through a carburetor suddenly changes direction. This is often caused by incorrect ignition.
- blow-comb — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance combining a comb and blow-dryer, permitting one to style the hair while drying it.
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- blue chip — Blue chip stocks and shares are an investment which are considered fairly safe to invest in while also being profitable.
- blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
- blue crab — any of a genus (Callinectes) of crabs, esp. a blue-legged, edible swimming species (C. sapidus) of the Atlantic coast of North America
- blue duck — a mountain duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, of New Zealand having a mostly lead-blue plumage
- blue jack — a small salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, of the North Pacific coasts and also in the Great Lakes, where it was introduced: important as a game and food fish.
- blue-chip — of, relating to, or constituting a blue chip.
- bluecurls — a name for the plant Trichostema dichotomum
- body cell — somatic cell.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- book club — A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- box lunch — A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.