9-letter words containing b, r, i, l, a
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- liberalia — an ancient Roman festival held annually in honor of Liber and Libera.
- liberally — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liberates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liberate.
- liberator — a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- librairie — a bookshop
- librarian — a person trained in library science and engaged in library service.
- libraries — Plural form of library.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- libratory — oscillatory.
- litterbag — a small paper or plastic bag for trash or rubbish, as one carried in an automobile.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lubricate — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- marbleize — marble.
- meritable — Deserving of reward.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- millibarn — one thousandth of a barn. Abbreviation: mb.
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- mirabelle — a dry, white plum brandy from Alsace.
- mirabilia — wonders
- mirabilis — (botany) Any of the plant genus Mirabilis; a four-o'clock.
- miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- muliebral — womanly nature or qualities.
- nailbiter — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- nailbrush — a small brush with stiff bristles, used to clean the fingernails.
- nobiliary — of or relating to the nobility.
- nontribal — not related to, originating from, or involving a tribe or tribes
- obligator — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- rail bead — a long, straight, cock bead.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains