9-letter words containing t, o, b, e
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- 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.
- bolt hole — a hole in the ground, protected opening in bushes, etc., into which an animal can flee when pursued or frightened.
- bolt-hole — If you say that someone has a bolt-hole to go to, you mean that there is somewhere that they can go when they want to get away from people that they know.
- bomb belt — a belt carrying explosives which is worn around the waist by a suicide bomber
- bomb site — A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- boob tube — The boob tube is the television.
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- book tile — a flat, cellular roofing tile having two parallel edges one of which is convex and the other concave, so that a number may be fit together edge to edge between rafters, joists, etc.
- 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.
- bookstore — A bookstore is a shop where books are sold.
- boom time — a period in which there is a surge of prosperity for a person, place, or industry
- boot tree — a shoetree for a boot, often having supports to stretch the leg of the boot
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living
- boresight — to verify the alignment of the sights and bore of (a firearm).
- borghetto — (in Italy) a settlement outside a city's walls
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- bottle it — If you say that someone has bottled it, you mean that they have lost their courage at the last moment and have not done something they intended to do.
- bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- bottleful — the amount a bottle will hold
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- bountyhed — the quality of being bounteous
- boutiquey — having the characteristics of a boutique
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- box store — a retail store that sells a limited assortment of basic grocery items, often, as at a warehouse, displayed in their original cartons in order to lower costs and prices.
- boxed out — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- boycotter — a person who boycotts
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
- bremerton — a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- brentwood — a residential town in SE England, in SW Essex near London. Pop: 47 593 (2001)
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- brierroot — brier2 (sense 2)
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.