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9-letter words containing c, o, b, l

  • 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)
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackcock — the male of the black grouse
  • blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
  • blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
  • blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
  • blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
  • blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
  • bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
  • bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
  • block off — When you block off a door, window, or passage, you put something across it so that nothing can pass through it.
  • block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
  • block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
  • blockable — able to be blocked or prevented
  • blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  • blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
  • blockhead — a stupid person
  • blockhole — a mark or marks on a cricket pitch around the area where the batsman stands, caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the ground
  • blockship — a ship used to block a river or channel
  • blockwork — a wall or structure made of bricks or blocks, or the act of building such a structure
  • blow-back — Blow-back is when the air flow through a carburetor suddenly changes direction. This is often caused by incorrect ignition.
  • blow-comb — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance combining a comb and blow-dryer, permitting one to style the hair while drying it.
  • blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
  • blue comb — a disease of birds resembling Bright's disease in humans affecting especially domestic fowl, characterized by fever, sunken eyes, and shriveling of the skin of the wattles, shanks, and comb.
  • body cell — somatic cell.
  • bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
  • bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
  • boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
  • bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
  • bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
  • boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
  • book club — A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.
  • bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
  • botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
  • botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
  • box lunch — A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
  • bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
  • 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.
  • bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
  • caballero — a Spanish gentleman
  • cable box — an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
  • cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
  • calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
  • calaboose — a prison; jail
  • calembour — a pun
  • callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
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