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9-letter words containing b, y, r

  • barreleye — any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
  • barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
  • base year — a year used as an index for some phenomenon measured in other years
  • bastardly — of no value; worthless.
  • bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
  • bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
  • baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
  • bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
  • bearberry — a trailing evergreen ericaceous shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, with small pinkish-white flowers, red berries, and astringent leaves
  • beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
  • bearishly — In a bearish manner.
  • berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
  • berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)
  • bergy bit — a small iceberg, somewhat larger than a growler.
  • berryless — without berries
  • berrylike — resembling a berry or berries
  • berserkly — in a berserk or crazy manner
  • beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
  • bharatiya — of or relating to India
  • bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
  • biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
  • bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
  • biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
  • biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
  • biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
  • bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
  • bizarrely — markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior. Synonyms: weird, freakish, grotesque; fantastic; unusual, strange, odd.
  • blaeberry — whortleberry.
  • bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
  • blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
  • blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
  • blueberry — A blueberry is a small dark blue fruit that is found in North America. Blueberries are usually cooked before they are eaten.
  • body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
  • body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
  • body odor — Body odor is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
  • body part — a part of a human body
  • body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
  • body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
  • bodyboard — a surfboard that is shorter and blunter than the standard board and on which the surfer lies rather than stands
  • bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
  • boothroyd — Betty. Baroness. born 1929, British politician; speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000)
  • 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
  • boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • boyshorts — women's underpants which resemble close-fitting shorts, sitting below the waist and stretching to the tops of the legs
  • bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
  • branchery — a group or system of branches
  • breakaway — A breakaway group is a group of people who have separated from a larger group, for example because of a disagreement.
  • breezeway — a roofed passageway connecting two buildings, sometimes with the sides enclosed
  • bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
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