9-letter words containing f, b
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- baud barf — (jargon) /bawd barf/ The garbage one gets on the display screen when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (especially line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely random, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds.
- be in for — If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beatified — to make blissfully happy.
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- beccafico — any of various European songbirds, esp warblers of the genus Sylvia, eaten as a delicacy in Italy and other countries
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
- beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- beefeater — Beefeaters are guards at the Tower of London. They wear a uniform made in the style of the sixteenth century.
- beefed up — strengthened or reinforced.
- beefed-up — strengthened or reinforced.
- beefiness — The characteristic of being beefy.
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- befitting — proper or right; suitable
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- befuddled — confused, muddled, perplexed
- behoveful — useful; of benefit
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- bell frog — any of several tree frogs having a bell-like call.
- benefited — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefiter — a person who derives benefit
- beni suef — city in NE Egypt, on the Nile: pop. 152,000
- beni-suef — a city in NW Egypt on the Nile River.
- 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)
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bielefeld — a city in Germany, in NE North Rhine-Westphalia: food, textiles. Pop: 328 452 (2003 est)
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biofouler — an animal that obstructs or pollutes the environment
- biofueled — running on biofuel
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bird farm — an aircraft carrier.
- bird feed — seeds or other food given to birds.
- bird food — a mixture of seeds, grains, nuts, etc, suitable for birds to eat
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4