9-letter words containing r, a, k
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bank raid — an attack on a bank, often involving firearms and violence, with the aim of stealing money or other valuables
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- bar kokba — Simon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barkeeper — A barkeeper is someone who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
- barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bike rack — stand for parking cycles
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- bird walk — an excursion, usually undertaken as a group with an expert leader, for observing and studying birds in their natural habitat.
- birthmark — A birthmark is a mark on someone's skin that has been there since they were born.
- black arm — a type or phase of bacterial blight of cotton, characterized by black, elongated lesions on the stem and branches, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas malvacearum.
- black art — black magic
- black rat — a common rat, Rattus rattus: a household pest that has spread from its native Asia to all countries
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- black run — an extremely difficult run, suitable for expert skiers
- black tar — black heroin.
- blackacre — an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from whiteacre).
- blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- blackener — someone who blackens
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- bomb rack — a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.
- book fair — a commercial event at which publishers exhibit and trade books
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bookmaker — A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win.
- bookmarks — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.