9-letter words containing b, r, n
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- king crab — horseshoe crab.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- knobkerry — A wooden stick like a club, used in southern Africa.
- laberinth — (obsolete) labyrinth.
- laberynth — Obsolete spelling of labyrinth.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- laburnums — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- lambaréné — a town in W Gabon on the Ogooué River: site of the hospital built by Albert Schweitzer, who died and was buried there (1965). Pop: 9000 (2003 est)
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.
- land crab — any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- last-born — last in order of birth; youngest.
- laterborn — born later
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- lean-burn — (esp of an internal-combustion engine) designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
- learnable — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- libertine — a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
- librarian — a person trained in library science and engaged in library service.
- librating — Present participle of librate.
- libration — a real or apparent oscillatory motion, especially of the moon.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- lindbergh — Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
- lingberry — The lingonberry.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- macbinary — (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators. These emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- main verb — a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.