9-letter words containing t, a, b, l, e
- black tea — tea withered and fermented before being dried by heating
- black tie — A black tie event is a formal social event such as a party at which people wear formal clothes called evening dress.
- black-tie — requiring that guests wear semiformal attire, especially that men wear black bow ties with tuxedos or dinner jackets: a black-tie dance.
- blanchett — Cate (keɪt), full name Catherine Elise Blanchett. born 1969, Australian actress; her films include Elizabeth (1998), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Blue Jasmine (2013) for which she won an Academy Award
- blastemal — of or relating to blastema
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boastless — without boasting
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bookplate — A bookplate is a piece of decorated paper which is stuck in the front of a book and on which the owner's name is printed or written.
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- 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
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- butlerage — a butler's position or rank
- cabaletta — a short aria with a repetitive rhythm
- cable tie — a plastic strip with serrations on one end that lock inside an opening on the other end, used to bind things together, especially wires: Wrap all of the cords behind your computer with a cable tie. Officers secured the suspect’s hands with cable ties when they apprehended him.
- cablecast — the transmission of a TV programme via a cable system
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- cantabile — (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- catchable — to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- celebrant — A celebrant is a person who performs or takes part in a religious ceremony.
- celebrate — If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
- celibates — Plural form of celibate.
- celibatic — of or relating to celibacy
- chainbelt — a belt made up of metal links, used as a conveyor or with a chain gear.
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- chantable — able to be chanted or sung
- chartable — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- clubmates — Plural form of clubmate.
- cobaltite — a rare silvery-white mineral consisting of cobalt arsenic sulphide in cubic crystalline form: a major ore of cobalt, used in ceramics. Formula: CoAsS
- cogitable — conceivable
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid
- comptable — countable
- constable — In Britain and some other countries, a constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- countable — capable of being counted
- covetable — to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
- creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- deathbell — Alternative form of death bell.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly