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9-letter words containing o, b, l

  • biofueled — running on biofuel
  • biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
  • biologics — biological products such as vaccines and therapeutic sera, used to induce immunity to infectious diseases or harmful substances of biological origin
  • biologies — the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
  • biologism — the explanation of human behaviour through biology
  • biologist — a specialist in biology.
  • biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
  • biosocial — relating to the interaction of biological and social elements
  • biosolids — semisolid or solid organic material obtained from the recycling of sewage, used esp as a fertilizer
  • biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
  • bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
  • bivoltine — producing two broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths.
  • bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
  • black box — A black box is an electronic device in an aircraft which records information about its flights. Black boxes are often used to provide evidence about accidents.
  • black cow — Midwestern U.S. a root beer float containing vanilla ice cream.
  • black dog — depression or melancholy
  • black fog — (in Cape Cod, Mass.) a dense fog.
  • black fox — a red fox in a color phase in which its fur is mostly black.
  • black oak — any of various North American oaks (esp. Quercus velutina) with dark bark or foliage
  • black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
  • black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
  • 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)
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackcock — the male of the black grouse
  • blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
  • blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
  • blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
  • blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
  • blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
  • bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
  • bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
  • 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.
  • blankbook — a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.
  • 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.
  • bleed out — to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound
  • bleep out — In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word.
  • blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel
  • bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
  • blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
  • bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
  • blimp out — to become greatly overweight
  • blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
  • blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
  • bliss out — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
  • bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
  • bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
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