9-letter words containing b, o, e
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- beslobber — to slobber over
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bethought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- betrothed — If you are betrothed to someone, you have agreed to marry them.
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- betterton — Thomas, 1635?–1710, English actor and dramatist.
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
- big noise — Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- big-boned — having bones that are unusually massive
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
- bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded
- bijection — a mathematical function or mapping that is both an injection and a surjection and therefore has an inverse
- bilection — bolection
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bimotored — having two engines.
- bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
- 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
- biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- bioethics — the study of ethical problems arising from biological research and its applications in such fields as organ transplantation, genetic engineering, or artificial insemination
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biofouler — an animal that obstructs or pollutes the environment
- biofueled — running on biofuel
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biologies — the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- 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
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils