9-letter words containing i, b, e, r, t
- miter box — any of various fixed or adjustable guides for a saw in making miters or cross cuts, especially a troughlike box open at the ends and guiding the saw by slots in the opposite sides.
- mitre box — an open-ended box with sides having narrow slots to guide a saw in cutting mitre joints
- motorbike — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- nailbiter — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- printable — capable of being printed.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- rabbeting — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- rabbinate — the office or term of office of a rabbi.
- rabbinite — a proponent of the Talmud and the teachings and traditions of the rabbis in the face of rejection by the Karaites.
- rain belt — a zone in which it usually rains
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- rebaptize — to baptize again
- rebbetzin — the wife of a rabbi.
- rebirther — a person who has undergone rebirthing
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- rechabite — a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- recitable — to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
- redbaiter — a person who deliberately antagonizes communists or people with left-wing beliefs
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- retribute — to give back (a payment, reward, punishment, etc) or to give in return for something
- reubenite — a member of the tribe of Reuben.
- revibrate — to vibrate again
- rib steak — club steak.
- rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- riverboat — any shallow-draft boat used on rivers.
- robert ii — 1316–90, king of Scotland (1371–90)
- rubellite — a deep-red variety of tourmaline, used as a gem.
- rubricate — to mark or color with red.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- steinberg — Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- strikable — being cause for a strike, as by union members: strikable labor issues.
- sub-tribe — any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subentire — (of parts of plants) slightly indented