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9-letter words containing t

  • bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
  • bloc-vote — to vote in or as a bloc: Party conservatives can be counted on to bloc-vote.
  • block out — If someone blocks out a thought, they try not to think about it.
  • block tin — pure tin, esp when cast into ingots
  • blockbust — to encourage the sale of property by means of blockbusting
  • bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
  • 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
  • bloodlust — If you say that someone is driven by a bloodlust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
  • bloodroot — a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
  • bloodshot — If your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol.
  • bloodwort — a name given to a number of plants which have red leaves or roots, or which are popularly considered either to draw blood or to reduce bleeding
  • blootered — intoxicated; drunk
  • bloquiste — (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Bloc Québécois
  • blow into — to arrive in or enter (a room, etc) suddenly
  • blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
  • blow tube — a tube for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat and direct it onto a small area
  • blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
  • blue note — a flattened third or seventh, used frequently in the blues
  • blue stem — a disease of raspberries and blackberries, characterized by blue discoloration of the stem, wilting, and discoloration and decay of the roots, caused by a fungus, Verticillium alboatrum.
  • bluemouth — a deep water fish, Helicolenus dactylopterus
  • bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
  • blueprint — A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work.
  • blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
  • bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
  • bluetooth — Bluetooth is a technology that allows computers, mobile phones and other devices to communicate with each other without being connected by wires.
  • blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
  • bluntness — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
  • blurt out — If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
  • blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
  • blutwurst — a German blood sausage
  • boa vista — a town in N Brazil, capital of the state of Roraima, on the Rio Branco. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)
  • board out — If someone in your care is boarded out, they are sent to stay with someone else.
  • boastless — without boasting
  • boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
  • boat hook — a hook mounted at the end of a pole, used to pull or push boats toward or away from a landing, to pick up a mooring, etc.
  • boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
  • boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
  • boat ride — a ride in a boat
  • boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
  • boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
  • boat trip — a trip in a boat
  • boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
  • boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
  • bob skate — an ice skate with two parallel blades
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
  • bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
  • body part — a part of a human body
  • body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
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