9-letter words containing b, r, o, c
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- barricado — a barricade.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bbc micro — BBC Microcomputer
- beachgoer — a person who goes to the beach, esp frequently
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bick-iron — the tapered end of an anvil.
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- blockwork — a wall or structure made of bricks or blocks, or the act of building such a structure
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- bock beer — heavy dark strong beer
- bomb rack — a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- box score — In baseball and basketball, a box score is a printed table of statistics showing how each player performed in a game.
- boxercise — a system of sustained exercises combining boxing movements with aerobic activities
- boy racer — British journalists sometimes refer to young men who drive very fast, especially in expensive and powerful cars, as boy racers.
- boycotter — a person who boycotts
- brabancon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a short, smooth coat.
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchio- — gills
- brickwork — You can refer to the bricks in the walls of a building as the brickwork.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- brittonic — Brythonic
- 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.
- broccolis — a form of a cultivated cruciferous plant, Brassica oleracea botrytis, whose leafy stalks and clusters of usually green buds are eaten as a vegetable.
- brochette — a skewer or small spit, used for holding pieces of meat, etc, while roasting or grilling
- broderick — a male given name.
- 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.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- broomcorn — a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum, the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
- brown cow — a drink made by mixing cola and milk
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- buckboard — an open four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with the seat attached to a flexible board between the front and rear axles
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae