9-letter words containing o, n, e, r
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- 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
- 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)
- bareboned — short of resources
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- be in for — If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- beer pong — a drinking game in which players attempt to throw Ping-Pong balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by their opponents
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- 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.
- 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.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- 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
- bjoerling — Jussi [yoo s-ee] /ˈyʊs i/ (Show IPA), 1911–60, Swedish tenor.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- border on — If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.