9-letter words containing b, i, l, r, o
- librettos — Plural form of libretto.
- libriform — (of a fibre of woody tissue) elongated and having a pitted thickened cell wall
- 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)
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- love bird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebirds — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- mobilizer — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- nobiliary — of or relating to the nobility.
- noble fir — a fir, Abies procera, of the northwestern U.S., which may grow to a height of 250 feet (76 meters).
- nontribal — not related to, originating from, or involving a tribe or tribes
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- overbills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbill.
- overbuild — to erect too many buildings in (an area).
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- razorbill — a common auk, Alca torda, of the North Atlantic, having a thick laterally compressed bill with white markings
- rebellion — open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
- rhizobial — of or relating to rhizobium
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- rice bowl — deep dish for rice
- roubiliac — Louis-François (lwifrɑ̃swa). ?1695–1762, French sculptor: lived chiefly in England: his sculptures include the statue of Handel in Vauxhall Gardens (1737)
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- soilborne — carried in soil
- stillborn — dead when born.
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- swordbill — a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- thornbill — any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
- tribology — the study of the effects of friction on moving machine parts and of methods, as lubrication, of obviating them.
- trilobate — having three lobes.