9-letter words containing l, a, r
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- braillist — a person who transcribes or creates Braille
- 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
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- branchial — of or relating to the gills of an aquatic animal, esp a fish
- branchlet — a small branch
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- brasilein — brazilein
- brazeless — seamless
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- 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.
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breakable — Breakable objects are easy to break by accident.
- breakwall — breakwater
- breathful — full of breath; living
- breedable — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
- brickclay — any clay suitable for making bricks
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- 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
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- browallia — any plant of the Browallia genus of South American flowering plants
- brown ale — a rich ale made with brown or dark malt
- browsable — able to be browsed
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bull bars — a large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bull gear — any large driving gear among smaller gears.
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- bursarial — of, relating to, or paid by a bursar or bursary
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- byrd land — a part of Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea: claimed for the US by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929, though all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- caballero — a Spanish gentleman