9-letter words containing b, o, n, e
- excambion — an exchange, esp of land
- exponible — requiring further explanation, esp (in logic) of a proposition
- fibroline — a yarn made from waste products at cotton factories
- fine-comb — to use a fine-tooth comb on.
- fishbones — Plural form of fishbone.
- foilborne — (of a vessel) moving on the water on hydrofoils, with the hull out of the water.
- foodborne — Transmitted through food.
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- free-born — born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
- gabaonite — Gibeonite.
- gaberones — former name of Gaborone.
- gabionade — a row of gabions submerged in a waterway, stream, river, etc, to control the flow of water
- gabionage — a structure or fortification built with gabions
- gear knob — a gear lever
- genoa jib — a large triangular jib sail, often with a foot that extends as far aft as the clew of the mainsail
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geobotany — phytogeography.
- gibeonite — one of the inhabitants of Gibeon, who were condemned by Joshua to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Israelites. Josh. 9.
- go beyond — exceed
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- habergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- heel bone — calcaneus.
- heilbronn — a city in N Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- heliborne — transported by helicopter: heliborne troops.
- hellbound — Bound for Hell; damned.
- hidebound — narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hobnobbed — Simple past tense and past participle of hobnob.
- hobnobber — One who hobnobs.
- homebound — confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
- honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
- honey-bee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- honorable — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- inbounded — Simple past tense and past participle of inbound.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- interbond — (chemistry) Between bonds.
- invocable — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- invokable — (computing) That can be invoked; callable.
- ionizable — to separate or change into ions.
- iron blue — any of the class of blue pigments having a high tinting strength and ranging in shade and in coloring properties from reddish blue to jet blue: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and printing inks.