9-letter words containing b, o
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- batty boy — a male homosexual
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- bazillion — a very large, indefinite number
- bbc micro — BBC Microcomputer
- be big on — large, as in size, height, width, or amount: a big house; a big quantity.
- be in for — If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
- be mother — to pour the tea
- be pie on — to be keen on
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beaconage — a number or system of beacons.
- beaconing — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- bean town — Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
- beanpoles — Plural form of beanpole.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatboxer — (music) A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice.
- beatboxes — Plural form of beatbox.
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- bebington — a town in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: docks and chemical works. Pop: 57 066 (2001)
- bebopping — Present participle of bebop.
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of