9-letter words containing b, o, p
- bud sport — a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation
- bull rope — any of various ropes for holding objects to prevent them from rubbing against or striking other objects.
- bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- bumpology — phrenology
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.
- bunny hop — a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- buoy rope — a rope attaching a buoy to its anchor
- bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
- busy-loop — tight loop
- button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- chapbooks — Plural form of chapbook.
- chipboard — Chipboard is a hard material made out of very small pieces of wood which have been pressed together. It is often used for making doors and furniture.
- chopblock — butcher-block.
- clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clipboard — A clipboard is a board with a clip at the top. It is used to hold together pieces of paper that you need to carry around, and provides a firm base for writing.
- comptable — countable
- comptible — (obsolete) accountable; responsible.
- copybooks — Plural form of copybook.
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- cowboy up — to adopt a tough approach or course of action
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- deposable — Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.
- dna probe — a technique for identifying a segment of DNA, using a known sequence of nucleotide bases from a DNA strand to detect a complementary sequence in the sample by means of base pairing.
- double up — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop bear — a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- embla pro — (messaging, tool) An IMAP-compliant electronic mail client from WinSoft Products Ltd. EMBLA Pro allows you to use an IMAP mail server in a true client/server network manner, once you've connected to the IMAP server, you can organise messages into folders on the server and you can view messages and any attached files at the server before deciding whether or not to download them to your local system. IMAP allows the user to select individual message attachments to be viewed and/or downloaded. You can delete files and messages from the server, move or copy them to the local computer or leave them for future retrieval. EMBLA Pro also supports the standard POP3 protocol. Both POP3 and IMAP2 run over E-SMTP. The IMAP Unix daemons can support specific environments, for example, Sun MailTool attachments. All flavours of Unix are catered for with a suite of binary mail daemons, eg: SunSoft Solaris, HP, IBM and SCO. EMBLA conforms to the SMTP, E-SMTP, MIME and IMAP Internet standards - RFC1590 (RFC1521), RFC1522, RFC1426, RFC1425, RFC1176, RFC0822, RFC0821 and the draft update of RFC1176.
- epibiosis — any relationship between two organisms in which one grows on the other but is not parasitic on it
- epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- exponible — requiring further explanation, esp (in logic) of a proposition
- exprobate — (obsolete) To exprobrate.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- grab rope — a rope supported to afford a hold for a person walking up a gangplank, working aloft, etc.