9-letter words containing n, a, b
- bird band — a band put on a bird's leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc.
- birdbrain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bissonata — a coarse woolen cloth constructed in plain weave and dyed black or brown, used in the manufacture of clerical vestments.
- 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.
- bivalence — the semantic principle that there are exactly two truth values, so that every meaningful statement is either true or false
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- black bun — a very rich dark fruitcake, usually in a pastry case
- black run — an extremely difficult run, suitable for expert skiers
- blackband — a type of iron carbonate
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackener — someone who blackens
- blackland — an area of dark peaty soil
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- 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
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- 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.
- blankbook — a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.
- 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.
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- 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.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluejeans — jeans made of blue denim
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- bobbejaan — a baboon
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- boliviano — (until 1963 and from 1987) the standard monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos
- 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
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.