9-letter words containing b, e, a
- arbutuses — Plural form of arbutus.
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- archabbey — An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation).
- archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
- army base — a centre from which military activities are coordinated
- arousable — able to be aroused
- arquebuse — A sort of trigger-based handgun or firearm, by which a burning match was applied, from which the musket was derived.
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- ascerbate — Misspelling of acerbate.
- ascorbate — a salt of ascorbic acid
- assayable — That may be assayed.
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assembler — An assembler is a person, a machine, or a company which assembles the individual parts of a vehicle or a piece of equipment such as a computer.
- assembles — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- astrolabe — an instrument used by early astronomers to measure the altitude of stars and planets and also as a navigational aid. It consists of a graduated circular disc with a movable sighting device
- attenable — Alternative form of attainable.
- attleboro — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auditable — able to be audited
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- aurangzeb — 1618–1707, Mogul emperor of Hindustan (1658–1707), whose reign marked both the height of Mogul prosperity and the decline of its power through the revolts of the Marathas
- aurungzeb — Aurangzeb
- available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
- averrable — able to be proved or verified
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- b & e — breaking and entering
- b battery — the power source for the plate and screen-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- baal kore — an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah.
- babacoote — a species of large lemur, Lichanotus brevicaudatus, native to Madagascar
- babbitted — Simple past tense and past participle of babbitt.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- baby beef — meat from a prime heifer or steer fattened for butchering when one to two years old
- baby bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983.
- baby blue — a very light blue.
- baby face — a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
- baby seat — a seat anchored to the body of the car, with straps to buckle across the baby
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.