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9-letter words containing l, a, b, t

  • bisulcate — marked by two grooves
  • bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
  • bit plane — (graphics)   (Or "bitplane") The memory in a graphic display device which holds a complete one-bit-per-pixel image. Several bit planes may be used in conjunction to give more bits per pixel or to overlay several images or mask one with another. "Bit plane" may be used as a synonym for "bitmap", though the latter suggests the data itself rather than the memory and also suggests a graphics file format.
  • biteplate — a device used by dentists to correct dental problems
  • bivalvate — having or consisting of two valves or similar parts
  • black art — black magic
  • black hat — a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
  • black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
  • black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
  • black rat — a common rat, Rattus rattus: a household pest that has spread from its native Asia to all countries
  • black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
  • black tar — black heroin.
  • black tea — tea withered and fermented before being dried by heating
  • black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
  • black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
  • blackbutt — any of various Australian eucalyptus trees having rough fibrous bark and hard wood used as timber
  • blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
  • blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
  • blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
  • blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
  • blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
  • bland out — to become bland
  • blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
  • blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
  • blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
  • blastemal — of or relating to blastema
  • blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
  • blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
  • blatherer — someone who blathers
  • blavatsky — Elena Petrovna (jɪˈljɛnə pɪˈtrɔvnə), called Madame Blavatsky. 1831–91, Russian theosophist; author of Isis Unveiled (1877)
  • blitz can — Military. jerry can (def 1).
  • blitz-can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
  • bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
  • bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
  • bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
  • blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
  • blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
  • boastless — without boasting
  • boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
  • boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • bolt boat — a boat suitable for use in rough seas.
  • boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
  • bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
  • bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
  • bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
  • bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
  • botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
  • botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
  • box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
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