9-letter words containing n, b, o
- blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- blue roan — a horse having a black coat sprinkled with white hairs
- bluepoint — a type of small oyster named after Blue Point, New York
- bluestone — a blue-grey sandstone containing much clay, used for building and paving
- boanerges — a nickname applied by Jesus to James and John in Mark 3:17
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
- boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
- boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
- bob-bling — a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
- bobbejaan — a baboon
- bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
- bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bojangles — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- bolection — a stepped moulding covering and projecting beyond the joint between two members having surfaces at different levels
- boliviano — (until 1963 and from 1987) the standard monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos
- bolognese — of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants
- bolt down — fasten, secure sth
- 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
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonington — Sir Chris(tian John Storey). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985
- bonne foi — sincerity.
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- bonniness — the quality of being bonny
- bononcini — Giovanni Maria [jaw-vahn-nee mah-ree-ah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1640–78, and his sons Giovanni Battista [baht-tee-stah] /bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA) 1670–1747, and Marc Antonio [mahrk ahn-taw-nyaw] /mɑrk ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA) 1675–1726, Italian composers.
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage