9-letter words containing e, b, i
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- businessy — of, relating to, typical of, or suitable for the world of commercial or industrial business
- busticate — to break
- bustiness — the state of being busty
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- buteshire — (until 1975) a county of SW Scotland, consisting of islands in the Firth of Clyde and Kilbrannan Sound: formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute council area
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- butterine — an artificial butter made partly from milk
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- by choice — willingly, of one's free will
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- by weight — as determined by weighing
- by-bidder — a bidder at an auction who bids up the price of an item for the benefit of a seller
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cabinmate — a person with whom one shares a cabin
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- carabiner — in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton
- carbamide — urea.
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbineer — (formerly) a soldier equipped with a carbine
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carbonise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of carbonize.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- carbonize — to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
- carburize — to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment
- caribbean — The Caribbean is the sea which is between the West Indies, Central America and the north coast of South America.
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- cat brier — greenbrier, esp. the vine (Smilax glauca)
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- celecoxib — an anti-inflammatory drug
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.