9-letter words containing b, o, c
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- bee block — bee2 (def 1).
- beechwood — wood from a beech tree
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belection — bolection.
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bibliotic — relating to bibliotics
- bick-iron — the tapered end of an anvil.
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- biconical — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bijection — a mathematical function or mapping that is both an injection and a surjection and therefore has an inverse
- bilection — bolection
- billycock — any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- bioactive — (of a substance) having or producing an effect on living tissue
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- biochemic — relating to the chemistry of living organisms
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- bionomics — ecology (sense 1)
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- bioscopic — examination of a body to discover whether or not it is alive.
- biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- black box — A black box is an electronic device in an aircraft which records information about its flights. Black boxes are often used to provide evidence about accidents.
- black cow — Midwestern U.S. a root beer float containing vanilla ice cream.
- black dog — depression or melancholy
- black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
- black fox — a red fox in a color phase in which its fur is mostly black.
- black oak — any of various North American oaks (esp. Quercus velutina) with dark bark or foliage
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)