9-letter words containing r, a, b, o
- back road — A back road is a small country road with very little traffic.
- back room — a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
- back-door — secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
- backboard — In basketball, the backboard is the flat board above each of the baskets.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backcross — to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parents
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- balloters — Plural form of balloter.
- ballrooms — Plural form of ballroom.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- 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)
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
- 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.
- bar kokba — Simon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- 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
- barcarole — a Venetian boat song in a time of six or twelve quaver beats to the bar
- 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)