9-letter words containing i, b, a
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- appliable — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- aquabatic — of or relating to gymnastic feats that are performed in water
- aquarobic — pertaining to exercises performed standing up in a swimming pool
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- arability — the suitability of land for growing crops
- arabinose — a pentose sugar in plant gums, esp of cedars and pines. It is used as a culture medium in bacteriology. Formula: C5H10O5
- arbitrage — In finance, arbitrage is the activity of buying shares or currency in one financial market and selling it at a profit in another.
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- arbitrate — When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- arbitress — a female arbitrator
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arborists — Plural form of arborist.
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- arboviral — caused by an arbovirus
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- archibald — a masculine name: dim. Archie, Archy
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- asbestine — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbestoid — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- asbomania — the perceived indiscriminate and excessive use by the authorities of anti-social behaviour orders in dealing with people causing a nuisance to their fellow citizens
- ascribing — Present participle of ascribe.
- asyllabic — not functioning in the manner of a syllable
- atabalipa — Atahualpa.
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubergine — An aubergine is a vegetable with a smooth, dark purple skin.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- auditable — able to be audited
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- aurobindo — Sri (Sri Aurobindo Ghose) 1872–1950, Indian scholar and spiritual leader.
- available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
- availably — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avicebron — (Solomon ben Judah ibn-Gabirol) 1021?–58, Jewish poet and philosopher in Spain.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidably — In a manner so as to be avoidable.
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- babbitted — Simple past tense and past participle of babbitt.
- babbittry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- babington — Anthony 1561–86, English conspirator, executed for organizing an unsuccessful plot (1586) to assassinate Elizabeth I and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne
- babirusas — Plural form of babirusa.
- baboonish — resembling a baboon
- baby girl — a female baby
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly