9-letter words containing b, o, r, n
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- border on — If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- borromini — Francesco, original name Francesco Castelli. 1599–1667, Italian baroque architect, working in Rome: his buildings include the churches of San Carlo (1641) and Sant' Ivo (1660)
- borrowing — Borrowing is the activity of borrowing money.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bound for — going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for): The train is bound for Denver.
- bourgogne — Burgundy2
- bow front — swell front.
- bow-front — having a front with a convex curve
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- brabancon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a short, smooth coat.
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- brainwork — intellectual effort
- brainworm — a microscopic, parasitic roundworm that infests the brain of large hoofed animals, as deer.
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- branchio- — gills
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- bremerton — a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- brentwood — a residential town in SE England, in SW Essex near London. Pop: 47 593 (2001)
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- bring off — If you bring off something difficult, you do it successfully.
- bring out — When a person or company brings out a new product, especially a new book or CD, they produce it and put it on sale.
- bringdown — a disappointment
- brittonic — Brythonic
- broadband — Broadband is a method of sending many electronic messages at the same time, using a wide range of frequencies.
- broadener — a person who broadens something, a device which broadens something
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- brokering — the work of a broker or brokerage
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- brondyron — a sword
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brood hen — a hen kept for breeding