9-letter words containing r, o, b
- bock beer — heavy dark strong beer
- bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
- body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- body odor — Body odor is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- body part — a part of a human body
- body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
- bodyboard — a surfboard that is shorter and blunter than the standard board and on which the surfer lies rather than stands
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- boerewors — a highly seasoned traditional sausage made from minced or pounded meat
- bog paper — toilet paper
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- bogorodsk — former name of Noginsk.
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
- boil-over — an unexpected result.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- 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.
- bomb rack — a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombproof — capable of withstanding the impact of bombs
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- book fair — a commercial event at which publishers exhibit and trade books
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- booklover — a person who enjoys reading books.
- 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.
- bookpaper — the paper used in printing books, especially when of superior quality.
- bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- boot tree — a shoetree for a boot, often having supports to stretch the leg of the boot
- boothroyd — Betty. Baroness. born 1929, British politician; speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000)
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living
- bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
- bora bora — an island in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia, in the Society Islands: one of the Leeward Islands. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- border on — If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
- bordereau — a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.