9-letter words containing b, i, r, t
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- barberite — an alloy of about 88 percent copper, 5 percent nickel, 5 percent tin, and 2 percent silicon, resistant to sea water and sulfuric acid.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- bariatric — of or relating to the treatment of obesity
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bartizans — Plural form of bartizan.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- batrachia — amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
- batteries — a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- bear with — If you ask someone to bear with you, you are asking them to be patient.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- bedsitter — A bedsitter is the same as a bedsit.
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- benefiter — a person who derives benefit
- benighter — a person who keeps others in darkness
- bergy bit — a small iceberg, somewhat larger than a growler.
- bernstein — Leonard. 1918–90, US conductor and composer, whose works include The Age of Anxiety (1949), the score of the musical West Side Story (1957), and Mass (1971)
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- bettering — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- bewitcher — a person who enchants or bewitches
- bharatiya — of or relating to India
- bicentric — having two centres
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- bierstube — a tavern or café offering German or German-style atmosphere, décor, food, beer, etc.
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- big-timer — Informal. the highest or most important level in any profession or occupation: She's a talented violinist, but she's not ready for the big time.
- bilateral — Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements, involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
- biliteral — consisting of two letters
- bimotored — having two engines.
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs
- binturong — an arboreal SE Asian viverrine mammal, Arctictis binturong, closely related to the palm civets but larger and having long shaggy black hair
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- biopirate — a person who is responsible for biopiracy
- biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils