9-letter words containing e, b, o
- bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- bluetooth — Bluetooth is a technology that allows computers, mobile phones and other devices to communicate with each other without being connected by wires.
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boastless — without boasting
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- boat ride — a ride in a boat
- boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
- boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
- bob skate — an ice skate with two parallel blades
- bob-fosse — Robert Louis ("Bob") 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director.
- bob-wheel — a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where a very short line (the 'bob') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the 'wheel')
- bobbejaan — a baboon
- bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bock beer — heavy dark strong beer
- bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
- bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
- bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
- body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
- body cell — somatic cell.
- body mike — a microphone attached to the body
- body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
- body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- body-mike — to equip with a body mike: The star was body-miked, but he was still inaudible.
- bodycheck — obstruction of another player
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- boerewors — a highly seasoned traditional sausage made from minced or pounded meat
- bog paper — toilet paper
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- bogue out — /bohg owt/ To become bogus, suddenly and unexpectedly. "His talk was relatively sane until somebody asked him a trick question; then he bogued out and did nothing but flame afterward." See also bogosity.
- boieldieu — François Adrien [frahn-swa a-dree-an] /frɑ̃ˈswa a driˈɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1775–1834, French composer.
- boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- boil-over — an unexpected result.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a 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
- bolognese — of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants
- bolometer — a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
- bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.