9-letter words containing n, s
- bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bolognese — of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonniness — the quality of being bonny
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- boskiness — the quality of being bosky
- bossiness — given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- boundness — the quality of being bound or obligated
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- braincase — the part of the cranium that protects the brain
- brainless — If you describe someone or something as brainless, you mean that you think they are stupid.
- brainsick — relating to or caused by insanity; crazy; mad
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brainwash — If you brainwash someone, you force them to believe something by continually telling them that it is true, and preventing them from thinking about it properly.
- brakesman — a pithead winch operator
- bran mash — a food for horses made with bran and hot water, and sometimes including carrots, molasses, apples, etc
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brashness — impertinent; impudent; tactless: a brash young man.
- brasilein — brazilein
- braveness — possessing or exhibiting courage or courageous endurance.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- brineless — without brine
- briskness — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- bristling — Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows.
- broadness — the state or character of being broad: the broadness of the ship; the broadness of his jokes.
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brookings — Robert Somers [suhm-erz] /ˈsʌm ərz/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- brunswick — a former duchy (1635–1918) and state (1918–46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949–90) part of West Germany
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- bruteness — the quality of being brutish or savage
- buckskins — (in the US and Canada) breeches, shoes, or a suit of buckskin
- buhrstone — a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone