9-letter words that end in e
- belt line — a transportation system partially or wholly surrounding a city, terminal, district, or port.
- belvedere — a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view
- belvidere — a city in N Illinois.
- bengalese — Bengali adjective
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- benitoite — a rare mineral, barium titanium silicate, BaTiSi 3 O 9 , occurring in blue hexagonal crystals exhibiting dichroism.
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- bentonite — a valuable clay, formed by the decomposition of volcanic ash, that swells as it absorbs water: used as a filler in the building, paper, and pharmaceutical industries
- benzamine — eucaine.
- benzidine — a grey or reddish poisonous crystalline powder that is used mainly in the manufacture of dyes, esp Congo red. Formula: NH2(C6H4)2NH2
- benzoline — unpurified benzene
- berberine — a yellow bitter-tasting alkaloid obtained from barberry and other plants and used medicinally, esp in tonics. Formula: C20H19NO5
- berkshire — a historic county of S England: since reorganization in 1974 the River Thames has marked the N boundary while the Berkshire Downs occupy central parts; the county council was replaced by six unitary authorities in 1998. Area: 1259 sq km (486 sq miles)
- berrylike — resembling a berry or berries
- bespangle — to cover or adorn with or as if with spangles
- bespeckle — to mark with speckles
- best-case — being the best that can possibly be expected; optimal
- beta line — beta (def 6).
- beta wave — any of the electrical waves from the parietal-frontal regions of the brain, having frequencies from 13 to 30 hertz: a sign of mental activity and alertness
- bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- bethsabee — Bathsheba.
- beveridge — William Henry, 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain
- bhutanese — a native or inhabitant of Bhutan
- biathlete — an athlete taking part in a biathlon
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bice blue — a medium or deep sky-blue color, duller than aquamarine or azure.
- biconcave — (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- bid price — The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bielersee — German name of Lake of Bienne.
- bienvenue — a welcome
- bienville — Sieur de(born Jean Baptiste Le Moyne) 1680-1768; Fr. colonizer & governor of Louisiana: founder of New Orleans
- bierstube — a tavern or café offering German or German-style atmosphere, décor, food, beer, etc.
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
- big noise — Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- big skate — See under skate2 .
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- bigotgate — an incident in the 2010 British general election in which the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described in private a voter he had met as a ‘bigoted woman’ not realizing that his radio microphone was still on and that his comments were being recorded
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bijective — (of a function, relation, etc) associating two sets in such a way that every member of each set is uniquely paired with a member of the other
- bike lane — A bike lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by people riding bicycles.
- bike ride — a ride on a bicycle
- bilabiate — divided into two lips
- bilestone — gallstone.
- bilineate — marked with two usually parallel lines.
- bindi-eye — any of various small weedy Australian herbaceous plants of the genus Calotis, with burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- binervate — (of leaves) having two longitudinal ribs