9-letter words containing e, b, o, l, a
- 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
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- browsable — able to be browsed
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- 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.
- calaboose — a prison; jail
- calembour — a pun
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- canoeable — (of a river, etc) able to be navigated in a canoe
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbazole — a colourless insoluble solid obtained from coal tar and used in the production of some dyes. Formula: C12H9N
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- choosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- claiborne — a male given name.
- closeable — able to be closed
- coachable — capable of being coached
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cogitable — conceivable
- colaborer — One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
- colorable — capable of being colored
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- comptable — countable
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- countable — capable of being counted
- coverable — Able to be covered.
- covetable — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- crossable — able to be crossed
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly