9-letter words containing o, l, b
- bolt down — fasten, secure sth
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bomb belt — a belt carrying explosives which is worn around the waist by a suicide bomber
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- boobialla — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Myoporum, esp M. insulare
- book club — A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.
- book gill — the gill of a horseshoe crab, composed of numerous membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a closed book.
- book list — a list of books, especially a list of recommended or required readings.
- book lung — the respiratory organ of a spider, scorpion, or other arachnid, composed of thin, membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a book.
- book tile — a flat, cellular roofing tile having two parallel edges one of which is convex and the other concave, so that a number may be fit together edge to edge between rafters, joists, etc.
- booklight — a small light that can be clipped onto a book for reading by
- booklouse — any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc
- booklover — a person who enjoys reading books.
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- boot hill — a cemetery of a frontier settlement, especially one in which gunfighters were buried.
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- bottle it — If you say that someone has bottled it, you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do.
- bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- bottleful — the amount a bottle will hold
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- boughless — (of trees) having no boughs
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- boulderer — a rock climber
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- boundedly — having bounds or limits.
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- bow bells — the bells of St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside, London: it is said that a true Cockney is born within earshot of these bells
- bowelless — ruthless, merciless
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).