9-letter words containing t, a, b, e, r
- attribute — If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
- aubrietia — any trailing purple-flowered plant of the genus Aubrieta, native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- auger bit — an auger having a square tang at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring through wood.
- avertable — Preventable.
- avertible — Capable of being averted; preventable.
- b battery — the power source for the plate and screen-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- bacterial — Bacterial is used to describe things that relate to or are caused by bacteria.
- bacterias — (US) Plural form of bacteria.
- bacterins — a vaccine prepared from killed bacteria.
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- 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.
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bannerets — Plural form of banneret.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbastel — a type of insectivorous forest bat, Barbastellus communis, native to Europe and known for its hairy lips
- barberite — an alloy of about 88 percent copper, 5 percent nickel, 5 percent tin, and 2 percent silicon, resistant to sea water and sulfuric acid.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- bare-root — of or relating to a tree or shrub prepared for transplanting by having all or most of the soil removed from about its roots.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barquette — a boat-shaped pastry shell
- barretter — a form of detector or control device employing a resistor that varies in proportion to its temperature.
- barrettes — Plural form of barrette.
- barrister — In England and Wales, a barrister is a lawyer who represents clients in the higher courts of law. Compare solicitor.
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- base rate — In Britain, the base rate is the rate of interest that banks use as a basis when they are calculating the rates that they charge on loans.