9-letter words containing o, n, e, b
- bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
- benevento — a city in S Italy, in N Campania: at various times under Samnite, Roman, Lombard, Saracen, Norman, and papal rule. Pop: 61 791 (2001)
- benitoite — a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi 3 O 9 , occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.
- benne oil — the edible oil obtained from sesame seeds
- bentonite — a valuable clay, formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash, that swells as it absorbs water: used as a filler in the building, paper, and pharmaceutical industries
- benzenoid — similar to benzene
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- bernoulli — Daniel (danjɛl), son of Jean Bernoulli. 1700–82, Swiss mathematician and physicist, who developed an early form of the kinetic theory of gases and stated the principle of conservation of energy in fluid dynamics
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- beta iron — a nonmagnetic allotrope of pure iron stable between 770°C and 910°C
- betterton — Thomas, 1635?–1710, English actor and dramatist.
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
- big noise — Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- big-boned — having bones that are unusually massive
- bijection — a mathematical function or mapping that is both an injection and a surjection and therefore has an inverse
- bilection — bolection
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
- biocenose — a situation in which organisms live together in mutual dependence
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- bioparent — a biological parent
- bioregion — a natural ecological community in which the biodiversity and ecosystem are distinct
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- bioweapon — Bioweapons are biological weapons.
- bisection — to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts.
- bisontine — relating to bison
- 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.
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- 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
- blondness — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- bloodline — A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- blue john — a blue or purple fibrous variety of fluorspar occurring only in Derbyshire: used for vases, etc
- blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
- blue note — a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues
- blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- bobbejaan — a baboon
- bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.