9-letter words containing b, e, r, n
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- border on — If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bourgogne — Burgundy2
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- bracknell — a town in SE England, in Bracknell Forest unitary authority, Berkshire, designated a new town in 1949. Pop: 70 795 (2001)
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- braindead — having suffered brain death
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- braintree — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- brainwave — If you have a brainwave, you suddenly have a clever idea.
- brake van — the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van
- brake-van — the caboose of a railway train.
- brakesman — a pithead winch operator
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- branchiae — the gills of an aquatic animal
- branchlet — a small branch
- brand new — entirely new.
- brand-new — A brand-new object is completely new.
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- brashness — impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
- brasilein — brazilein
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- bread bin — A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread.
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- breakeven — the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal
- breakneck — If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- breeze in — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- bremerton — a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- brentwood — a residential town in SE England, in SW Essex near London. Pop: 47 593 (2001)
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.