9-letter words containing o, s, b, r
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- barotitis — inflammation of the ear caused by a change in air pressure
- barouches — Plural form of barouche.
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barrators — a person who commits barratry.
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- bass horn — an obsolete wind instrument of low range
- bathrobes — Plural form of bathrobe.
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
- beerhouse — an establishment licensed to serve only liquors fermented from malt, as beer, ale, or the like.
- beetroots — Plural form of beetroot.
- behaviors — manner of behaving or acting.
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- beriosova — Svetlana (svɪtˈlanə). 1932–98, British ballet dancer, born in Lithuania
- beslobber — to slobber over
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
- boerewors — a highly seasoned traditional sausage made from minced or pounded meat
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bogorodsk — former name of Noginsk.
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- bookmarks — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- boris iii — 1894–1943, king of Bulgaria 1918–43.