9-letter words containing b, r, o, c
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microbody — (cytology): A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microbrew — beer brewed in a microbrewery.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- morecambe — a port and resort in NW England, in NW Lancashire on Morecambe Bay (an inlet of the Irish Sea). Pop (with Heysham): 49 569 (2001)
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- obamacare — a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- obcordate — heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end, as a leaf.
- objectors — Plural form of objector.
- objectory — (programming) An object-oriented methodology mostly created by Ivar Jacobson.
- obrenovic — Aleksandar [Serbo-Croatian. ah-le-ksahn-dahr] /Serbo-Croatian. ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dɑr/ (Show IPA), Alexander I (def 3).
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstruct.
- 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.
- orbicular — like an orb; circular; ringlike; spherical; rounded.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- packboard — a rigid wooden or metal frame, covered with fabric and having shoulder straps, to which equipment can be strapped for carrying.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- 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.
- proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.