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9-letter words containing b, o

  • birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
  • birthroot — any of several North American plants of the genus Trillium, esp T. erectum, whose tuber-like roots were formerly used by the Native Americans as an aid in childbirth: family Trilliaceae
  • birthwort — any of several climbing plants of the genus Aristolochia, esp A. clematitis of Europe, once believed to ease childbirth: family Aristolochiaceae
  • bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
  • bishopdom — the jurisdiction of a bishop
  • bishopess — a bishop's wife
  • bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
  • bisontine — relating to bison
  • bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
  • bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
  • bitty box — (abuse)   (Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computer sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing software on or for it. The term is especially used of small, obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers such as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80 or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of "real computer" (see Get a real computer!). See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.
  • bivoltine — producing two broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths.
  • bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
  • black box — A black box is an electronic device in an aircraft which records information about its flights. Black boxes are often used to provide evidence about accidents.
  • black cow — Midwestern U.S. a root beer float containing vanilla ice cream.
  • black dog — depression or melancholy
  • black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
  • black fox — a red fox in a color phase in which its fur is mostly black.
  • black oak — any of various North American oaks (esp. Quercus velutina) with dark bark or foliage
  • black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
  • black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
  • black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackcock — the male of the black grouse
  • blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
  • blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
  • blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
  • blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
  • blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
  • bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
  • bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
  • bland out — to become bland
  • blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
  • blankbook — a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.
  • blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
  • blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
  • bleed out — to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound
  • bleep out — In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word.
  • blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel
  • bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
  • blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
  • bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
  • blimp out — to become greatly overweight
  • blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
  • blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
  • bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
  • bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
  • bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
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