9-letter words containing lo
- archology — the study of the origins of things
- armadillo — An armadillo is a small animal whose body is covered with large bony scales and which rolls itself into a ball when it is attacked. Armadillos are mainly found in South and Central America.
- aryballos — a small narrow-necked vessel or bottle shaped like a sphere, used in ancient Greece to store oil or perfume
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- ash blond — a very light blond colour
- ash color — ash gray.
- ash-blond — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- astrology — Astrology is the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements can have an influence on people's lives.
- at a loss — If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.
- atheology — a resistance or aversion to theology
- atomology — (dated) The doctrine of atoms.
- audiology — the scientific study of hearing, often including the treatment of persons with hearing defects
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- autopilot — automatic pilot
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- babylonia — the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200–538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
- bachelors — Plural form of bachelor.
- bachelour — Obsolete form of bachelor.
- back-load — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backblock — (Australia, New Zealand, usually, in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
- backcloth — A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backflows — Plural form of backflow.
- bad blood — If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
- ballonets — Plural form of ballonet.
- ballooned — Simple past tense and past participle of balloon.
- ballotade — a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
- balloters — Plural form of balloter.
- balloting — voting in an election
- ballotini — small glass beads used in reflective paints
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- bangalore — a city in S India, capital of Karnataka state: printing, textiles, pharmaceuticals. Pop: 4 292 223 (2001)
- bank loan — a sum of money borrowed by a customer or business from a bank, often for a specific purpose, such as buying a car
- 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)
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- batchelor — (British) alternative spelling of bachelor.
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
- bee block — bee2 (def 1).
- bellowing — to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- belonging — secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
- below par — If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- belt loop — a loop through which a belt is threaded
- berthelot — Pierre Eugène Marselin [marsuh-lan] /mærsəˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1827–1907, French chemist.
- bertillon — Alphonse [al-fons,, -fonz;; French al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; French alˈfɔ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1853–1914, French anthropologist: devised Bertillon system.
- beslobber — to slobber over