9-letter words containing o, b, t, a
- bank note — a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money
- bank shot — Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
- banknotes — Plural form of banknote.
- bankstown — a city in SE Australia, a suburb of Sydney.
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- bare-root — of or relating to a tree or shrub prepared for transplanting by having all or most of the soil removed from about its roots.
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- base coat — the first coat of paint applied to a prepared surface
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bathhouse — A bathhouse is a public or private building containing baths and often other facilities such as a sauna.
- batholite — (obsolete) alternative name of batholith.
- batholith — a very large irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock, esp granite, formed from an intrusion of magma at great depth, esp one exposed after erosion of less resistant overlying rocks
- bathonian — of or relating to Bath
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battalion — A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
- batten on — If you say that someone battens on a particular person or thing, you disapprove of the fact that they become successful by forming a close connection with that person or thing.
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- batty boy — a male homosexual
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- bean shot — refined copper having a shotlike form from being thrown into water in a molten state.
- bean town — Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatboxer — (music) A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice.