9-letter words containing b, i, c, o
- cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
- corncribs — Plural form of corncrib.
- coulibiac — a Russian dish of rich pastry with a filling of salmon or other fish and mushrooms, onions, egg, buckwheat, dill, etc.
- coulombic — relating to the discoveries of Charles Augustin de Coulomb
- courbaril — a tropical American leguminous tree, Hymenaea courbaril. Its wood is a useful timber and its gum is a source of copal
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- cristobal — seaport in Panama, at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal: part of the city of Colón
- crossbill — any of various widely distributed finches of the genus Loxia, such as L. curvirostra, that occur in coniferous woods and have a bill with crossed mandible tips for feeding on conifer seeds
- crossbite — a dental condition in which the lower teeth are in front of the upper teeth
- crow-bill — a type of forceps used to extract bullets, etc, from wounds
- cymbiform — having the shape of a boat
- dicky bow — a bow tie
- discoboli — Plural form of discobolus.
- ebionitic — relating to the Ebionites or their teachings
- eco-bling — equipment that is energy-efficient but less effective than simpler technology
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- embryonic — Of or relating to an embryo.
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- escribano — a clerk or scribe
- etobicoke — city in SE Ontario, Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto: pop. 329,000
- excambion — an exchange, esp of land
- fibonacci — Leonardo (leoˈnardo), also called Leonardo of Pisa. ?1170–?1250, Italian mathematician: popularized the decimal system in Europe
- fibrocyte — an inactive fibroblast
- fine-comb — to use a fine-tooth comb on.
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- gin block — a block having a large sheave in an open metal frame, used especially to support a cargo whip.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
- iceboater — a person who races iceboats, especially as a hobby or in competition.
- incubator — an apparatus in which eggs are hatched artificially.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- jacobinic — Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- log cabin — house made of trimmed tree trunks
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.