9-letter words containing o, b
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- barcoding — The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product.
- bardolino — a light dry red wine produced around Verona in NE Italy
- 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.
- bareboned — short of resources
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- bargepole — a long pole used to propel a barge
- barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
- 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.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barn door — an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
- barnboard — barnwood.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- barograph — a self-recording aneroid barometer
- 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
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- 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.
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barr body — a structure found on the inside of the nuclear membrane of female cells that takes a dark stain and indicates by its presence the sex of the individual
- barracoon — (formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- barricado — a barricade.
- barrowful — The amount that can fit in a barrow.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- 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
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basilicon — any of a variety of healing ointments applied to wounds in early medicine, commonly using lard or oil, resin, and wax
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bass viol — viola da gamba
- basswoods — Plural form of basswood.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick