9-letter words containing r, i, n
- bread bin — A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread.
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breasting — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- breathing — the passage of air into and out of the lungs to supply the body with oxygen
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeching — the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- breeze in — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- brickkiln — a kiln or furnace in which bricks are baked or burned.
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- brigading — a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- brineless — without brine
- bring off — If you bring off something difficult, you do it successfully.
- bring out — When a person or company brings out a new product, especially a new book or CD, they produce it and put it on sale.
- bringdown — a disappointment
- brinjarry — (in India) an itinerant grain and salt trader
- briskness — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- bristling — Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows.
- britannia — a female warrior carrying a trident and wearing a helmet, personifying Great Britain or the British Empire
- britannic — of Britain; British (esp in the phrases His or Her Britannic Majesty)
- brittling — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- brittonic — Brythonic
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- brokering — the work of a broker or brokerage
- bromantic — noting or pertaining to a bromance: You might call this movie a bromantic comedy.
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- bronchial — Bronchial means affecting or concerned with the bronchial tubes.
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- bronxites — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- brookings — Robert Somers [suhm-erz] /ˈsʌm ərz/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- brookline — suburb of Boston, in E Mass.: pop. 57,000
- brunching — a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.
- brunswick — a former duchy (1635–1918) and state (1918–46) of central Germany, now part of the state of Lower Saxony; formerly (1949–90) part of West Germany
- brythonic — the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- buffering — temporary storage of data
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bull-ring — an arena for a bullfight.
- bunkering — a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker.
- bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
- burkinabé — of or relating to Burkina Faso or its inhabitants
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- burrowing — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.