9-letter words containing b, r, a, c
- broach to — to turn or swing so that the beam faces the waves and wind and there is danger of swamping or capsizing
- broachers — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadcast — A broadcast is a programme, performance, or speech on the radio or on television.
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- brushback — a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
- buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- bucentaur — the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
- bucharest — the capital of Romania, in the southeast. Pop: 1 764 000 (2005 est)
- buckboard — an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- c battery — the power source for biasing the control-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cable car — A cable car is a vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills. It is pulled by a moving cable.
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cabo rojo — a city in SW Puerto Rico.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calabrese — a variety of green sprouting broccoli
- calabrian — of or relating to Calabria or its inhabitants
- calembour — a pun
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- canberran — a native or inhabitant of Canberra
- candy bar — A candy bar is a long, thin, sweet food, usually covered in chocolate.
- canebrake — a thicket of canes
- canebreak — Alternative spelling of canebrake.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- cantabria — a province and autonomous community in N Spain
- capybaras — Plural form of capybara.
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbachol — a cholinergic agent, C6H15ClN2O2, used for various ophthalmic purposes, such as the treating of glaucoma
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbamide — urea.
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbanion — a negatively charged organic ion in which most of the negative charge is localized on a carbon atom
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.