9-letter words containing i, l, n
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- boliviano — (until 1963 and from 1987) the standard monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- brabbling — to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- brasilein — brazilein
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- brazilian — Brazilian means belonging or relating to Brazil, or to its people or culture.
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- brickkiln — a kiln or furnace in which bricks are baked or burned.
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- brineless — without brine
- bristling — Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows.
- brittling — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- 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
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- brookline — suburb of Boston, in E Mass.: pop. 57,000
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bulkiness — of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.
- bull-ring — an arena for a bullfight.
- bulleting — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- bumpkinly — like a bumpkin
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- bush-line — the contour at which the growth of the bush ceases
- buzzingly — in a buzzing manner
- caballine — pertaining to a horse
- caballing — a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- cacuminal — relating to or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back towards the hard palate
- cadential — relating to or belonging to a cadence or a cadenza
- caecilian — any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil