9-letter words containing r, a, t, l
- attolaser — a high-power laser capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- auctorial — of or relating to an author
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- australia — a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)
- authorial — Authorial means relating to the author of something such as a book or play.
- autoflare — a computer-operated, automatic landing system in an aircraft
- autolatry — the worship of oneself
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- avirulent — (esp of bacteria) not virulent
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- ballaster — someone who supplies ballast for a ship; someone who ballasts
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- balloters — Plural form of balloter.
- baltassar — Belteshazzar.
- balthazar — a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- barb bolt — a bolt having barbs for resisting pull.
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- baritonal — of or relating to a baritone
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- bartholdi — Frédéric August. 1834–1904, French sculptor and architect, who designed (1884) the Statue of Liberty
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- beastlier — Comparative form of beastly.
- bellatrix — the third brightest star in the constellation Orion
- beplaster — to cover in thick plaster
- betrothal — A betrothal is an agreement to be married.
- bilateral — Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements, involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
- biliteral — consisting of two letters
- 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 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 tar — black heroin.
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- braillist — a person who transcribes or creates Braille
- branchlet — a small branch
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes