9-letter words containing b
- antibully — Intended to counter bullying.
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antiurban — opposed to the urban environment or urban life
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apex club — (in Australia) an association of business and professional men founded to promote community welfare
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- apple bee — Chiefly New England. a social gathering at which apples are prepared for drying.
- apple box — an ornamental Australian tree, Eucalyptus bridgesiana, having heart-shaped juvenile leaves, large lanceolate adult leaves, and conical fruits
- appliable — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- apposable — capable of being apposed or brought into apposition
- approbate — to accept as valid
- aquabatic — of or relating to gymnastic feats that are performed in water
- aquaboard — a board that can be used to ride on water
- aquaphobe — a person who is abnormally afraid of water
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arabesque — An arabesque is a position in ballet dancing. The dancer stands on one leg with their other leg lifted and stretched out backwards, and their arms stretched out in front of them.
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- arability — the suitability of land for growing crops
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- aracatuba — a city in SE Brazil.
- arbalests — Plural form of arbalest.
- arbitrage — In finance, arbitrage is the activity of buying shares or currency in one financial market and selling it at a profit in another.
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arbor day — a tree-planting day observed individually by the states of the U.S., usually in spring
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- arboviral — caused by an arbovirus
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- arbuthnot — John. 1667–1735, Scottish physician and satirist: author of The History of John Bull (1712) and, with others, of the Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus (1741)
- arbutuses — Plural form of arbutus.
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- archabbey — An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation).
- archabbot — In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
- archebanc — a bench or settle of the medieval and Renaissance periods, wide enough for several persons and having a seat with a chest beneath, arms at the ends, and a high back.
- archibald — a masculine name: dim. Archie, Archy
- army base — a centre from which military activities are coordinated
- army brat — a daughter or son of a career U.S. Army officer or enlisted person, esp. one raised in military communities
- arousable — able to be aroused
- arquebuse — A sort of trigger-based handgun or firearm, by which a burning match was applied, from which the musket was derived.
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- aryballos — a small narrow-necked vessel or bottle shaped like a sphere, used in ancient Greece to store oil or perfume
- aryballus — aryballos.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.