9-letter words containing b, r, i, t, o
- 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.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- octobrist — a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- orbituary — Orbital.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- print job — computer: batch of files to be printed
- probation — the act of testing.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- probiotic — a usually dairy food or a dietary supplement containing live bacteria that replace or add to the beneficial bacteria normally present in the gastrointestinal tract.
- rabbit on — talk incessantly
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- riverboat — any shallow-draft boat used on rivers.
- robert ii — 1316–90, king of Scotland (1371–90)
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- sorbonist — a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- stillborn — dead when born.
- stirabout — porridge.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subtorrid — subtropical (def 2).
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thornbill — any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
- thornbird — any of various small S American birds of the genus Phacellodomus
- throbbing — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
- tonbridge — a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)
- torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)