9-letter words starting with bl
- blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
- blackland — an area of dark peaty soil
- blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blacklist — If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.
- blackmail — Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackness — Blackness is the state of being very dark.
- blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
- blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
- blacktail — a variety of mule deer having a black tail
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- blackwash — to present (someone or something) in the worst possible light
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- blackwell — Elizabeth1821-1910; 1st woman physician in the U.S., born in England
- blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladeless — without a blade
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blaeberry — whortleberry.
- blah-blah — and so on; and so forth.
- blameable — deserving blame; censurable.
- blameless — Someone who is blameless has not done anything wrong.
- 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
- bland out — to become bland
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blank out — If you blank out a particular feeling or thought, you do not allow yourself to experience that feeling or to have that thought.
- blankbook — a book containing blank pages, as a notebook or sketchbook.
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
- blast out — If music or noise is blasting out, loud music or noise is being produced.
- blastemal — of or relating to blastema
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
- blatherer — someone who blathers
- blavatsky — Elena Petrovna (jɪˈljɛnə pɪˈtrɔvnə), called Madame Blavatsky. 1831–91, Russian theosophist; author of Isis Unveiled (1877)
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleachers — The bleachers are a part of an outdoor sports stadium, or the seats in that area, which are usually uncovered and are the least expensive place where people can sit.
- bleachery — a place where bleaching is carried out
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- bleed out — to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound
- bleep out — In a television or radio programme, when someone bleeps out an offensive word, they use an electronic device to make the sound of a bleep so that people cannot hear the word.
- blemished — You use blemished to describe something such as someone's skin or a piece of fruit when its appearance is spoiled by small marks.
- blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
- blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel