9-letter words containing i, l, n
- base line — a line serving as a base
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- baselines — Plural form of baseline.
- basilican — basilic (def 2).
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- bazillion — a very large, indefinite number
- bc neliac — Version of NELIAC, post 1962. Sammet 1969, p.197.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- bed linen — Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
- bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
- beelining — Present participle of beeline.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- beggingly — in a begging manner
- beguiling — Something that is beguiling is charming and attractive.
- beholding — to observe; look at; see.
- beingless — having no existence
- belection — bolection.
- belemnite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Belemnoidea, related to the cuttlefish
- belemnoid — shaped like a dart
- believing — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- belitoeng — an island in Indonesia, between Borneo and Sumatra. 1866 sq. mi. (4833 sq. km).
- bellibone — a beautiful and good woman
- bellowing — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- belonging — secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
- belt line — a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
- bendingly — in a curving direction or manner
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- benne oil — the edible oil obtained from sesame seeds
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- bevelling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bi-annual — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- biconical — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- bienville — Sieur de(born Jean Baptiste Le Moyne) 1680-1768; Fr. colonizer & governor of Louisiana: founder of New Orleans
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- bike lane — A bike lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by people riding bicycles.
- bilection — bolection
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
- bilirubin — an orange-yellow pigment in the bile formed as a breakdown product of haemoglobin. Excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance associated with jaundice. Formula: C32H36O6N4