9-letter words containing n, o, b, t
- brown out — a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
- brown rat — a common brownish rat, Rattus norvegicus: a serious pest in all parts of the world
- brown rot — a disease of apples, peaches, etc, caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia and characterized by yellowish-brown masses of spores on the plant surface
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bufotoxin — a toxin obtained from the skin glands of the European toad, Bufa vulgaris.
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- burnt-out — Burnt-out vehicles or buildings have been so badly damaged by fire that they can no longer be used.
- burrstone — buhrstone
- buteonine — of or relating to hawks
- button up — to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- bytownite — a rare plagioclase found in alkaline igneous rocks
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- canrobert — François Certain [frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
- carbonate — Carbonate is used in the names of some substances that are formed from carbonic acid, which is a compound of carbon dioxide and water.
- carbonite — An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates.
- cenobites — Plural form of cenobite.
- cenobitic — Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
- city-born — born in a city.
- coenobite — a member of a religious order following a communal rule of life
- coinhabit — To inhabit together.
- combatant — A combatant is a person, group, or country that takes part in the fighting in a war.
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combinate — combined
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- corn belt — region in the NC plains area of the Midwest where much corn and cornfed livestock are raised: it extends from W Ohio to E Nebr. and NE Kans.
- countable — capable of being counted
- countably — in a countable manner
- countback — a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores
- crotonbug — species of cockroach
- curbstone — A curbstone is one of the stones that form a curb.
- denotable — Capable of being denoted or marked.
- detonable — able to be detonated
- disentomb — to remove from the tomb; disinter.
- doubleton — a set of only two cards of the same suit in a hand as dealt: The other player held a doubleton.
- downbeats — Plural form of downbeat.
- downburst — a strong downward current of air from a cumulonimbus cloud, often associated with intense thunderstorms.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- dutybound — Compelled by duty.
- earthborn — born on or sprung from the earth; of earthly origin.
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- ebionitic — relating to the Ebionites or their teachings
- endoblast — Entoblast.
- entamoeba — any parasitic amoeba of the genus Entamoeba (or Endamoeba), esp E. histolytica, which lives in the intestines of humans and causes amoebic dysentery
- entoblast — Any of the embryonic blastomeres that develop into the endoderm.