9-letter words containing i, b, e
- amberlite — various insoluble cross-linked polymers used in water-treatment processes and in pharmacy
- ambiently — In an ambient way.
- ambiguate — To make a situation or something more ambiguous.
- ambleside — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a tourist centre for the Lake District. Pop: 3064 (2001)
- amebiasis — infestation with amoebas, esp. with a protozoan (Entamoeba histolytica) parasitic in the intestines or liver
- amebiform — That resembles an amoeba / ameba.
- amissible — likely to be lost
- amphibole — any of a large group of minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, and aluminium, usually in the form of long slender dark-coloured crystals. Members of the group, including hornblende, actinolite, and tremolite, are common constituents of igneous rocks
- anabasine — a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 10 H 14 N 2 , used as an insecticide.
- anabolite — a product of anabolism
- anaerobic — Anaerobic creatures or processes do not need oxygen in order to function or survive.
- anatabine — a liquid alkaloid, C 10 H 12 N 2 , obtained from tobacco.
- ant tribe — (in China) a generation of young people who have migrated from rural areas to cities in large numbers
- antiabuse — designed to prevent abuse
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- anybodies — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- appetible — desirable or capable of arousing desire
- appliable — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- arabicize — to make or become Arab
- 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.
- 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
- arborized — Simple past tense and past participle of arborize.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
- 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.
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- b-picture — B-movie.
- b-setting — a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open until the shutter control is released
- babbitted — Simple past tense and past participle of babbitt.
- babelized — reduced to complete confusion or meaninglessness.
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- back nine — the holes of a golf course numbered 10 through 18, regarded as a unit
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backbites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite.
- backfield — the area behind the line of scrimmage from which the backfield begin each play
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.