9-letter words containing o, r, i
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- b horizon — the layer of a soil profile immediately below the A horizon, containing deposits of leached material
- bacciform — shaped like a berry
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- 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
- 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
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barocchio — Giacomo (ˈdʒakomo)
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barricado — a barricade.
- 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.
- bbc micro — BBC Microcomputer
- 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.
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviour — People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- 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
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- bick-iron — the tapered end of an anvil.
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- bigorexia — muscle dysmorphia.
- billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
- bilobular — having two lobules
- bilocular — divided into two chambers or cavities
- bimotored — having two engines.
- 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.
- binocular — involving, relating to, seeing with or intended for both eyes
- binovular — relating to or derived from two different ova