9-letter words containing a, l, t, o
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
- blacktown — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- bland out — to become bland
- 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.
- 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.
- bloatware — computer software with an excessive number of unnecessary features and, often, unnecessarily high memory and disc space requirements
- 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
- blow past — To blow out despite a safeguard. "The server blew past the 5K reserve buffer."
- boastless — without boasting
- boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
- boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bolt boat — a boat suitable for use in rough seas.
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- 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.
- bookstall — A bookstall is a long table from which books and magazines are sold, for example at a conference or in a street market.
- bootblack — a person whose work is shining shoes and boots
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- box pleat — a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it
- box stall — a small stall with four walls for holding a horse
- bracteole — a secondary bract subtending a flower within an inflorescence
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- cabriolet — A cabriolet is a type of car with two doors and a convertible top.
- cajeputol — cineole.
- cajuputol — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- caldecott — Randolph1846-86; Eng. artist & illustrator: illustrated many books for children
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- callosity — hardheartedness
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camel toe — the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda
- camel-toe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campstool — a lightweight folding stool
- canalboat — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
- canaletto — original name Giovanni Antonio Canale. 1697–1768, Italian painter and etcher, noted particularly for his highly detailed paintings of cities, esp Venice, which are marked by strong contrasts of light and shade
- cancelbot — a computer program that deletes unwanted mailings to internet usergroups
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cantillon — Richard [ree-shar;; English rich-erd] /riˈʃar;; English ˈrɪtʃ ərd/ (Show IPA), c1680–1734, French economist, born in Ireland.
- cantorial — of or relating to a precentor