9-letter words containing n, b, o
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieing — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- boohooing — to weep noisily; blubber.
- book into — to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at (a hotel)
- book lung — the respiratory organ of a spider, scorpion, or other arachnid, composed of thin, membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a book.
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- boom town — A boom town is a town which has rapidly become very rich and full of people, usually because industry or business has developed there.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- boomslang — a large greenish venomous arboreal colubrid snake, Dispholidus typus, of southern Africa
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- border on — If you talk about a characteristic or situation bordering on something, usually something that you consider bad, you mean that it is almost that thing.
- bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- borromini — Francesco, original name Francesco Castelli. 1599–1667, Italian baroque architect, working in Rome: his buildings include the churches of San Carlo (1641) and Sant' Ivo (1660)
- borrowing — Borrowing is the activity of borrowing money.
- bosanquet — Bernard, 1848–1923, English philosopher and writer.
- boskiness — the quality of being bosky
- bossiness — given to ordering people about; overly authoritative; domineering.
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- botanical — Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants.
- botanizer — a person who botanizes
- bothering — to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry: His baby sister bothered him for candy.
- bottoming — the lowest level of foundation material for a road or other structure
- botulinal — of or relating to the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
- botulinum — an anaerobic botulin-secreting bacterium, Clostridium botulinum
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- botvinnik — Mikhail Moiseivich (mixaˈil məiˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1911–95, Soviet chess player; world champion (1948–57, 1958–60, 1961–63)
- boulanger — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1837–91, French general and minister of war (1886–87). Accused of attempting a coup d'état, he fled to Belgium, where he committed suicide
- bound for — going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for): The train is bound for Denver.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- boundedly — having bounds or limits.
- boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
- boundness — the quality of being bound or obligated
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- bountyhed — the quality of being bounteous
- bourgogne — Burgundy2
- bow front — swell front.
- bow-front — having a front with a convex curve
- bowhunter — a person who hunts with a bow
- bowstring — the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
- box lunch — A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- brabancon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a short, smooth coat.
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils