9-letter words containing a, b, r
- bacterio- — indicating bacteria or an action or condition relating to or characteristic of bacteria
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bacterize — to subject to bacterial action
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad actor — a mean, ill-tempered, troublemaking, or evil person.
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
- bad paper — a less-than-honorable discharge from military service.
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- bagpipers — Plural form of bagpiper.
- bahuvrihi — a class of compound words consisting of two elements the first of which is a specific feature of the second
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- baignoire — a theatre box on the lowest level
- bairnlike — childlike
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balancers — Plural form of balancer.
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- ball fern — a feathery fern, Davallia trichomanoides, of Malaysia, having rhizomes covered with toothed scales.
- ball girl — In a tennis match, the ball girls pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball girls are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- ball race — a ball bearing
- balladeer — a singer of ballads
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- ballaster — someone who supplies ballast for a ship; someone who ballasts
- ballerina — A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer.
- ballister — (obsolete) A crossbow.
- balloters — Plural form of balloter.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- ballrooms — Plural form of ballroom.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- baltassar — Belteshazzar.
- balthazar — a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- balusters — Plural form of baluster.
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandurria — a Spanish musical instrument of the guitar family with six pairs of double strings.
- baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries