9-letter words containing e, b, o
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bomb belt — a belt carrying explosives which is worn around the waist by a suicide bomber
- bomb site — A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- 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
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonne foi — sincerity.
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- bonniness — the quality of being bonny
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- boob tube — The boob tube is the television.
- booboisie — a group or social class considered to be ignorant or uncultured
- boobquake — a Facebook campaign created to disprove the contention of an Iranian cleric that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieing — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- book tile — a flat, cellular roofing tile having two parallel edges one of which is convex and the other concave, so that a number may be fit together edge to edge between rafters, joists, etc.
- booked up — If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is booked up, it has no rooms, tables, or tickets left for a time or date.
- booklouse — any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc
- booklover — a person who enjoys reading books.
- bookmaker — A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win.
- bookpaper — the paper used in printing books, especially when of superior quality.
- 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.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
- boom time — a period in which there is a surge of prosperity for a person, place, or industry
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- boot tree — a shoetree for a boot, often having supports to stretch the leg of the boot
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living