7-letter words containing o, n, b
- baoding — a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)
- baoqing — former name of Shaoyang.
- baoshan — a town in W Yunnan province, in S China, on the Burma Road.
- baranof — island in Alexander Archipelago, Alas.: c. 1,600 sq mi (4,144 sq km): largest city, Sitka
- baranov — Aleksandr Andreyevich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1747–1819, Russian fur trader in Alaska.
- bargoon — a bargain
- barnlot — barnyard.
- baronet — A baronet is a man who has been made a knight. When a baronet dies, the title is passed on to his son.
- baronne — baroness
- baryons — Plural form of baryon.
- baryton — a bass viol with sympathetic strings as well as its six main strings
- bassano — Jacopo [yah-kaw-paw] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ/ (Show IPA), (Giacomo da Ponte) 1510–92, Italian painter.
- bassoon — A bassoon is a large musical instrument of the woodwind family that is shaped like a tube and played by blowing into a curved metal pipe.
- bastion — If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
- bateson — William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.
- batonic — (linguistics) Not representing anything specific; non-representational.
- bausond — (of animals) dappled with white spots on a black or bay background; esp having a white patch on the face
- bayamon — a city in NE central Puerto Rico, south of San Juan. Pop: 224 915 (2003 est)
- bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
- bayonne — a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 45 636 (2006)
- baytown — city in SE Tex., on Galveston Bay, near Houston: pop. 66,000
- beacons — a city in SE New York.
- bear on — to be relevant to; relate to
- beckons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beckon.
- beclown — to make a fool of (another), to make into a clown
- bedgown — a nightdress
- bednorz — J(ohannes) Georg [yoh-hah-nuh s gey-awrk] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈgeɪ ɔrk/ (Show IPA), born 1950, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1987.
- bedouin — A Bedouin is a member of a particular Arab tribe.
- begonia — A begonia is a garden plant which has large brightly coloured leaves.
- begroan — to groan at or about
- beknown — known about
- bellona — the Roman goddess of war
- belmont — Alva Ertskin Smith Vanderbilt [urt-skin] /ˈɜrt skɪn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.
- ben oil — the seed of a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, that yields an oil (ben oil) used in manufacturing cosmetics and lubricating delicate machinery.
- bendigo — a city in SE Australia, in central Victoria: founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold. Pop: 68 715 (2001)
- benison — a blessing, esp a spoken one
- benomyl — a fungicide, derived from imidazole, used on cereal and fruit crops: suspected of being carcinogenic
- bent on — curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
- benthon — the aggregate of organisms that live on or in the benthos.
- benthos — the animals and plants living at the bottom of a sea or lake
- benzoic — of, containing, or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin
- benzoin — a gum resin containing benzoic acid, obtained from various trees of the genus Styrax, esp S. benzoin of Java and Sumatra, and used in ointments, perfume, etc
- benzoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group C6H5CO-
- bergson — Henri Louis (ɑ̃ri lwi). 1859–1941, French philosopher, who sought to bridge the gap between metaphysics and science. His main works are Memory and Matter (1896, trans. 1911) and Creative Evolution (1907, trans. 1911): Nobel prize for literature 1927
- bethorn — to cover with thorns
- betoken — If something betokens something else, it is a sign of this thing.
- bettong — a species of rat kangaroo of Australia having a short nose
- bhoodan — (in India) a socioagricultural movement, started by Vinoba Bhave in 1951, in which village landowners are persuaded to give land to the landless.
- bicorne — a two-cornered cocked hat worn especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- big one — a thousand dollars