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9-letter words containing f, b

  • obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • objectify — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
  • off break — a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching
  • off label — of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.
  • off-board — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
  • off-brand — not having a recognized or popular brand or name: an off-brand TV set.
  • off-label — of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.
  • offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
  • offerable — able to be offered
  • outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
  • overbrief — too brief
  • perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
  • prefabbed — prefabricated.
  • puff-ball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
  • quaffable — (informal, usually referring to wine) Easy to drink.
  • rebukeful — (of a person) quick to scold or reprimand
  • referable — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
  • refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
  • refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
  • sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
  • salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
  • self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
  • shift bid — a bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
  • shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
  • sniffable — capable of being sniffed
  • snuff-box — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
  • sob stuff — material such as films, stories, etc, that play upon the emotions by the overuse of pathos and sentiment
  • soft-bill — any of numerous birds, as thrushes or tanagers, having relatively weak bills suited for eating insects, soft-bodied animals, and fruit rather than hard seeds.
  • soft-boil — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
  • softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
  • softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
  • softbound — book: paperback
  • sub-chief — the head or leader of an organized body of people; the person highest in authority: the chief of police.
  • sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
  • subfossil — something partly fossilized
  • subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
  • suboffice — a branch or local office of a business
  • subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
  • surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
  • surfboard — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
  • the buffs — (formerly) the Third Regiment of Foot, esp the Royal East Kent Regiment
  • tube foot — one of numerous small, tubular processes on the ventral body surface of most echinoderms, used for locomotion and grasping.
  • tubificid — a threadlike aquatic annelid worm of the family Tubificidae
  • unaffable — pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
  • unbaffled — not baffled or confused by contradictions
  • unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
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