9-letter words containing e, t, o
- bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- blootered — intoxicated; drunk
- bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
- blow tube — a tube for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat and direct it onto a small area
- blue note — a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues
- 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.
- 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
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
- bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
- body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
- 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.
- bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a dictionary
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- bolometer — a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
- 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.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- boob tube — The boob tube is the television.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.