9-letter words containing i, b, l, e
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bridewell — a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- briefless — (said of a barrister) without clients
- brineless — without brine
- briolette — a pear-shaped gem cut with long triangular facets
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- brooklike — resembling a brook
- brooklime — either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
- brookline — suburb of Boston, in E Mass.: pop. 57,000
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- brutelike — beastlike, brutish
- buildable — suitable for building on
- bulb mite — a widespread mite, Rhizaglophus eclinops, that tunnels in the bulbs of lilies and other plants
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bullbrier — a prickly vine of the genus Smilax, with small green flowers and inedible black berries
- bulleting — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- buthelezi — Mangosouthu Gatsha (ˌmæŋɡəʊˈsuːtuː ˈɡætʃə), known as Chief Buthelezi. born 1928, Zulu leader, chief minister of the KwaZulu territory of South Africa from 1970 until its abolition in 1994; founder of the Inkatha movement and advocate of Zulu autonomy; minister of home affairs (1994–2004)
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- carbolise — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolize — to treat or sterilize with phenol
- carriable — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- celecoxib — an anti-inflammatory drug
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chippable — having the ability to be reduced to small pieces
- claiborne — a male given name.
- claimable — Able to be claimed.
- classible — able to be classed
- clickable — A clickable image on a computer screen is one that you can point the cursor at and click on, in order to make something happen.
- climbable — to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder.
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- coercible — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- cogitable — conceivable
- cohesible — capable of cohesion