9-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- 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.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- 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
- berthelot — Pierre Eugène Marselin [marsuh-lan] /mærsəˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1827–1907, French chemist.
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- best girl — one's sweetheart
- 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
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- blethered — weary
- bletherer — someone who blathers
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- blootered — intoxicated; drunk
- blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
- blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- bolometer — a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bracelets — a slang name for handcuffs
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- branchlet — a small branch
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
- briolette — a pear-shaped gem cut with long triangular facets
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- brutelike — beastlike, brutish
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- butterfly — A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- caprylate — a salt of caprylic acid
- carmelite — a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar
- carrytale — a gossipmonger