9-letter words containing b, i, o, l
- biosolids — semisolid or solid organic material obtained from the recycling of sewage, used esp as a fertilizer
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- bivoltine — producing two broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths.
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
- blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- blimp out — to become greatly overweight
- blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
- blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
- bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
- blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
- bloodlike — resembling blood
- bloodline — A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- blow into — to arrive in or enter (a room, etc) suddenly
- blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
- boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
- bob-bling — a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
- bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- boieldieu — François Adrien [frahn-swa a-dree-an] /frɑ̃ˈswa a driˈɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1775–1834, French composer.
- boil away — When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour.
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- boil-over — an unexpected result.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- boliviano — (until 1963 and from 1987) the standard monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- boobialla — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Myoporum, esp M. insulare
- book gill — the gill of a horseshoe crab, composed of numerous membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a closed book.
- book list — a list of books, especially a list of recommended or required readings.
- book tile — a flat, cellular roofing tile having two parallel edges one of which is convex and the other concave, so that a number may be fit together edge to edge between rafters, joists, etc.
- booklight — a small light that can be clipped onto a book for reading by
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- boot hill — a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.