9-letter words containing n, a, b, e, r
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- banisters — the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- banner ad — A banner ad is a large advertisement on a website that stretches across the top or down the side of the window. It usually contains a link to the advertiser's website.
- bannerets — Plural form of banneret.
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- bannerols — Plural form of bannerol.
- bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- banqueter — A guest at a banquet.
- bantering — teasing or facetious, or characterized by facetiousness
- barbering — The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair.
- barberton — a city in NE Ohio.
- barbitone — a long-acting barbiturate used medicinally, usually in the form of the sodium salt, as a sedative or hypnotic
- barbotine — a type of clay paste used in making decorated pottery
- barcelona — the chief port of Spain, on the NE Mediterranean coast: seat of the Republican government during the Civil War (1936–39); the commercial capital of Spain. Pop: 1 582 738 (2003 est)
- bareboned — short of resources
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- bargained — Simple past tense and past participle of bargain.
- bargainer — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- baritones — Plural form of baritone.
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barnacles — nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- barperson — a person who serves in a pub: used esp in advertisements
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bartended — Simple past tense and past participle of bartend.
- bartender — A bartender is a person who serves drinks behind a bar.
- bartering — Present participle of barter.
- baseliner — a player who plays most of his or her shots from the back of court
- battering — If something takes a battering, it suffers very badly as a result of a particular event or action.
- be warned — If someone says to you 'be warned', they are advising you to be cautious, because there are risks that you may not have thought about.
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- bean tree — any of various trees having beanlike pods, such as the catalpa and carob
- beaneries — Plural form of beanery.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- bearnaise — rich sauce made from egg yolks, lemon juice or wine vinegar, butter, shallots, herbs, and seasoning
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beaverton — a town in NW Oregon.
- beernaert — Auguste Marie François [French oh-gyst ma-ree frahn-swa] /French oʊˈgüst maˈri frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1829–1912, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1909.
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- bengaluru — a state in S India. 70,051 sq. mi. (191,791 sq. km). Capital: Bengaluru.
- bentgrass — any perennial grass of the genus Agrostis, esp A. tenuis, which has a spreading panicle of tiny flowers. Some species are planted for hay or in lawns
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bereaving — to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernhardi — Friedrich A. J. von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German general.