9-letter words containing b, r, e, t
- bryophyte — any plant of the phyla Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), or Anthocerophyta (hornworts), having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores
- 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)
- bucuresti — Bucharest
- budgetary — A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent.
- budgeteer — a person who makes a budget, esp in politics or business
- budtender — Slang. a person who sells marijuana or marijuana products in a retail shop or medical dispensary.
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bum steer — false or misleading information or advice
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- burn rate — The burn rate of a startup company is a measure of how fast it uses up its capital before becoming profitable.
- burrstone — buhrstone
- burst edo — Burst Extended Data Out DRAM
- burthened — burden1 .
- butcher's — a look
- butchered — a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
- butcherer — a person who butchers
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butter up — If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- butterbur — a plant of the Eurasian genus Petasites with fragrant whitish or purple flowers, woolly stems, and leaves formerly used to wrap butter: family Asteraceae (composites)
- buttercup — A buttercup is a small plant with bright yellow flowers.
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- butterfly — A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- butternut — a walnut tree, Juglans cinerea of E North America
- buzz term — buzzword.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- by repute — If you know someone by repute, you have never met them but you have heard or read about them.
- by return — by the next post back to the sender
- by-street — a side street or a private or obscure street; byway.
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- c battery — the power source for biasing the control-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- cabernets — Plural form of cabernet.
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carburate — carburet.
- carpetbag — a travelling bag originally made of carpeting
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.