9-letter words containing e, b, o
- bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
- bedroomed — (When preceded by a number) Having the indicated number of bedrooms.
- bee block — bee2 (def 1).
- beechwood — wood from a beech tree
- beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
- beer pong — a drinking game in which players attempt to throw Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by their opponents
- beerhouse — an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.
- beethoven — Ludwig van (ˈluːtvɪç fan). 1770–1827, German composer, who greatly extended the form and scope of symphonic and chamber music, bridging the classical and romantic traditions. His works include nine symphonies, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, five piano concertos, a violin concerto, two masses, the opera Fidelio (1805), and choral music
- beetroots — Plural form of beetroot.
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- begoggled — wearing goggles
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- beholding — to observe; look at; see.
- behoveful — useful; of benefit
- bel canto — a style of singing characterized by beauty of tone rather than dramatic power
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- belection — bolection.
- belemnoid — shaped like a dart
- belitoeng — an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- bell book — a book in which all orders affecting the main engines of a ship are recorded.
- bell buoy — a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
- bell frog — any of several tree frogs having a bell-like call.
- bell moth — any moth of the family Tortricidae, which when at rest resemble the shape of a bell
- bell rope — a rope attached to a bell
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- bellibone — a beautiful and good woman
- bellicose — You use bellicose to refer to aggressive actions or behaviour that are likely to start an argument or a fight.
- bellowing — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- belonging — secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- belt down — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- belt loop — a loop through which a belt is threaded
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- ben hogan — Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.
- bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
- benevento — a city in S Italy, in N Campania: at various times under Samnite, Roman, Lombard, Saracen, Norman, and papal rule. Pop: 61 791 (2001)
- benitoite — a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi 3 O 9 , occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.
- benne oil — the edible oil obtained from sesame seeds
- bentonite — a valuable clay, formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash, that swells as it absorbs water: used as a filler in the building, paper, and pharmaceutical industries
- benzenoid — similar to benzene
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- berthelot — Pierre Eugène Marselin [marsuh-lan] /mærsəˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1827–1907, French chemist.