9-letter words that end in n
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
- 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
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- 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.
- 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.
- borgesian — of Jorge Luis Borges or his works
- bostonian — a person from Boston
- brabancon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a short, smooth coat.
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brake van — the coach or vehicle from which the guard applies the brakes; guard's van
- brake-van — the caboose of a railway train.
- brakesman — a pithead winch operator
- brannigan — a noisy quarrel
- brasilein — brazilein
- brazelton — Brazelton behavioral scale: a test widely used to evaluate infants' responses to environmental stimuli.
- brazilein — a red crystalline solid obtained by the oxidation of brazilin and used as a dye. Formula: C16H12O5
- brazilian — Brazilian means belonging or relating to Brazil, or to its people or culture.
- bread bin — A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- breakeven — the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal
- breastpin — a brooch worn on the breast, esp to close a garment
- brechtian — Bertolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.
- breeze in — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- bremerton — a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- brickkiln — a kiln or furnace in which bricks are baked or burned.
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- bridgeton — a city in SW New Jersey.
- bringdown — a disappointment
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- brondyron — a sword
- brood hen — a hen kept for breeding
- broomcorn — a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum, the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
- buck bean — a bog plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, of the gentian family, having narrow clusters of white or pink flowers.
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bufotoxin — a toxin obtained from the skin glands of the European toad, Bufa vulgaris.
- builddown — a planned numerical reduction, esp of nuclear weapons where, for every new weapon built, two or more older weapons are destroyed
- bulgarian — Bulgarian means belonging or relating to Bulgaria, or to its people, language, or culture.
- bupropion — an antidepressant drug used to help people stop smoking
- burn down — If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- burundian — of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants
- bush bean — any of various low, erect, bushy forms of the common garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- bush wren — a wren, Xenicus longipes, occurring in New Zealand: family Xenicidae
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.