9-letter words containing b, o
- 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
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- berthelot — Pierre Eugène Marselin [marsuh-lan] /mærsəˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1827–1907, French chemist.
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- beslobber — to slobber over
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bethought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- betrothed — If you are betrothed to someone, you have agreed to marry them.
- betsiboka — a river in central Madagascar, flowing NW to the Mozambique Channel. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
- betterton — Thomas, 1635?–1710, English actor and dramatist.
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bibliotic — relating to bibliotics
- bick-iron — the tapered end of an anvil.
- bicoastal — Someone or something that is bicoastal lives or occurs on both the east coast and the west coast of the U.S.
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- biconical — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
- big mouth — If you say that someone is a big mouth or that they have a big mouth, you mean that they tell other people things that should have been kept secret.
- big noise — Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- big-boned — having bones that are unusually massive
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
- bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded
- bijection — a mathematical function or mapping that is both an injection and a surjection and therefore has an inverse
- bilection — bolection
- bilestone — gallstone.
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- billabong — a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- billionth — The billionth item in a series is the one you count as number one billion.
- billowing — a great wave or surge of the sea.
- billycock — any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
- bilobular — having two lobules