9-letter words containing b, o, s, e
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beatboxes — Plural form of beatbox.
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- bed stone — the fixed lower member of a pair of millstones. Compare runner (def 12).
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- bedehouse — beadhouse
- beerhouse — an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.
- beetroots — Plural form of beetroot.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- beslobber — to slobber over
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- big noise — Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- bilestone — gallstone.
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
- 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
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- biologies — the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
- 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.
- 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
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bishopess — a bishop's wife