9-letter words containing b, o, l, e, a
- banjolele — a four-stringed musical instrument with a neck like a ukulele and a body like a banjo
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- 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.
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- blockable — able to be blocked or prevented
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- bloggable — interesting, enjoyable, or entertaining enough to be a topic for a blog or blog post
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boastless — without boasting
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.