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9-letter words containing s, r, b

  • best girl — one's sweetheart
  • bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
  • bev curls — long locks of hair, considered to be typical of a certain kind of unfashionable male
  • bielersee — German name of Lake of Bienne.
  • bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
  • bierstube — a tavern or café offering German or German-style atmosphere, décor, food, beer, etc.
  • bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
  • billiards — Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or into pockets around the sides of the table.
  • biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
  • biosensor — a biological device used to detect specific chemical presence
  • biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
  • biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
  • bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
  • birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
  • bisectrix — the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal
  • biseriate — (of plant parts, such as petals) arranged in two whorls, cycles, rows, or series
  • biserrate — (of leaf margins, etc) having serrations that are themselves serrate
  • bishopric — A bishopric is the area for which a bishop is responsible, or the rank or office of being a bishop.
  • bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
  • bitterest — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
  • bitterish — (of taste) quite bitter
  • bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
  • blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
  • blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
  • bluecurls — a name for the plant Trichostema dichotomum
  • bluegrass — Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States.
  • blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
  • blutwurst — a German blood sausage
  • boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
  • body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
  • boerewors — a highly seasoned traditional sausage made from minced or pounded meat
  • 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.
  • bogorodsk — former name of Noginsk.
  • bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
  • book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
  • bookmarks — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
  • bootstrap — If you bootstrap an organization or an activity, you set it up or achieve it alone, using very few resources.
  • bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
  • borescope — a long narrow optical device used to inspect the interior of a tight space
  • boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
  • borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
  • boris iii — 1894–1943, king of Bulgaria 1918–43.
  • bosberaad — a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
  • boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
  • botmaster — (chat)   The owner of a bot.
  • bourasque — a tempest
  • bourgeois — If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
  • bow doors — the doors in the bow of a ferry, which open for vehicles to drive on and off
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