9-Letter Words Starting with B: page 2

All 575 nine-letter words that start with B: page 2 of 2

BO

• bordereau12n. A detailed statement, especially one containing a detailed listing of...
• bordering13adj. Having a common boundary or border.
• borescope15n. An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting...
• boresight15n. The optical axis of a directional antenna.
• borrowing15v. Shoplifting.
• bossiness11n. The characteristic of being bossy.
• botanical13adj. Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
• bothering15adj. That bothers; annoying, irritating.
• bottoming14n. The act of something that bottoms; the point at which something bottoms...
• botulinum13n. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the...
• boucherie16n. A social event at which people gather to butcher and make food from an...
• boulanger12n. Eggplant; aubergine.
• boulevard15n. A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
• boundless12adj. Without bounds, unbounded.
• bounteous11adj. Inclined to be generous.
• bountiful14adj. Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
• bourgeois12adj. Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their...
• bowhunter17n. One who hunts with a bow and arrow.
• bowstring15n. The string of an archer's bow.
• boxcutter20n. A utility knife.
• boxercise20n. A form of physical workout, combining boxing with aerobic exercise.
• boyfriend18n. A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
• boyshorts17n. A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.

BR

• bracelets13n. Handcuffs.
• bracingly17adv. In a bracing manner.
• bracketed18adj. Containing brackets.
• bracteate13adj. Having bracts.
• braincase13n. Synonym of neurocranium.
• brainless11adj. Having no brain.
• brainwash17n. A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by...
• brainwave17n. Any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts...
• brainwork18n. Work done with the brain; mental effort.
• brakeless15adj. Without brakes (device used to slow or stop a vehicle).
• brambling16n. A finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the...
• branchial16adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills; of or pertaining to the...
• branching17n. A process of forming a branch.
• brandable14adj. Able to be branded or stigmatized.
• brandings13n. A children's game in which one player tosses a tennis ball at other...
• brandling13n. The young or parr of the salmon, so named from its markings being, as...
• brandreth15n. A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
• brannigan12n. Binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk).
• brashness14n. The characteristic of being brash.
• brasserie11n. A small, informal restaurant that serves beer and wine as well as...
• brassiere11n. Synonym of bra.
• brassware14n. Articles made from brass, treated as a group.
• bratwurst14n. A small (typically pork) sausage, usually served fried.
• braveness14n. The characteristic of being brave.
• breaching17n. The act by which something is breached.
• breadline12n. A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.
• breakable17adj. Able to break or be broken.
• breakaway21adj. Having broken away from a larger unit.
• breakbeat17n. A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music.
• breakcore17n. A style of electronic music characterised by a high tempo, complex and...
• breakdown19n. A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
• breakfast18n. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
• breakneck21adj. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
• breaktime17n. A break for a worker or workers that splits a period of work.
• breathily17adv. In a breathy manner.
• breathing15n. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
• breeching17n. The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
• breezeway26n. A covered walkway, with open sides, that connects two buildings.
• brevetted15adj. Holding a brevet.
• brewhouse17n. The part of a brewery where the wort is made, as contrasted with the...
• briarwood15n. Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
• brickbats19n. Small rocky particles moving as a group in space, especially as forming...
• brickwork24n. A structure, or portion of a structure, that is made out of bricks.
• brickyard21n. A place where bricks are, or once were, produced or distributed.
• bricolage14n. Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
• bridewell15n. A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
• bridgeman15n. A worker who operates a moving bridge.
• bridleway18n. A path for riding a horse (which is controlled by a bridle).
• briefcase16n. A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
• briefness14n. The characteristic of being brief.
• brigadier13n. An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
• brilliant11adj. Shining brightly.
• brimstone13n. The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
• briolette11n. An oval or pear-shaped diamond having its entire surface cut in...
• briquette20n. A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
• briskness15n. The property of being brisk.
• bristling12adj. Having bristles.
• broaching17n. A type of machining in which a tool (either rotating or nonrotating)...
• broadacre14adj. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale farming.
• broadband15n. A wideband of electromagnetic frequencies.
• broadbill14n. Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler.
• broadcast14adj. Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad.
• broadhead16n. A flat arrowhead with razor-sharp sides, intended to kill prey by...
• broadleaf15adj. Pertaining to trees with relatively broad, flat leaves as opposed to...
• broadloom14n. A wide loom.
• broadness12n. The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.
• broadside13n. One side of a ship above the waterline.
• brochette16n. A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or...
• broderick18v. To administer a beating to.
• brokeback23adj. Homoerotic; homosexual, gay.
• brokedown19adj. Broken; not working properly.
• brokerage16n. A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker...
• brokering16n. The act of one who brokers; mediation.
• bromantic15adj. Of or relating to bromance.
• bromelain13n. Either of two proteolytic enzymes, found in pineapples, that are used...
• bromeliad14n. Any of various tropical or subtropical New World herbaceous plants in...
• bronchial16adj. Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles.
• brookside16adj. On the side of a brook.
• broomball15n. A Canadian team sport resembling ice hockey and played with sticks and...
• broomcorn15n. A variety of grass of the species Sorghum vulgare.
• brotherly17adj. Of or characteristic of brothers.
• brownback22n. A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
• brownface19n. A style of theatrical makeup in which a white person colours the face...
• brownness14n. The state or quality of being brown.
• browsable16adj. That may be browsed.
• brummagem18adj. Cheap and showy; meretricious.
• brushfire17n. A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire...
• brushland15n. An area mostly covered with brush growth.
• brushless14adj. Of an electric motor: that does not use brushes, physical contacts for...
• brushtail14n. A brushtail possum.
• brushwood18n. Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.
• brushwork21n. The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually...
• brusquely23adv. In a brusque manner; abruptly; rudely.
• brutalise11v. To inflict brutal violence on.
• brutalism13n. Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
• brutalist11n. Someone that follows brutalism.
• brutality14n. The state of being brutal.
• bryophyte22n. Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the...

BU

• bubblegum18n. A sweet, stretchable chewing gum designed for blowing bubbles.
• buccaneer15n. Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the...
• buckboard20n. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon...
• bucketful20n. The quantity contained in a bucket.
• bucketing18n. The act of moving material using a bucket.
• buckskins21n. Trousers and other clothing made from buckskin.
• buckthorn20n. Especially genus Rhamnus,.
• buckwheat23n. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum.
• buckyball22n. A buckminsterfullerene molecule (C₆₀).
• budgetary16adj. Of or pertaining to a budget.
• budgeting14n. The activity of constructing a budget.
• budtender13n. A recreational or medical cannabis dispensary worker who sells...
• buffering18n. The use of a buffer.
• buffeting18n. A blow or motion that buffets.
• buggering14n. An act of buggery.
• buildable14adj. That can be built.
• bulkiness15n. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
• bulldozer21n. A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing...
• bullfight18n. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a...
• bullfinch19n. The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
• bullishly17adv. In a bullish manner.
• bumblebee17n. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
• bumiputra15n. A citizen of Malaysia having indigenous Malayan or Borneo ancestry.
• bumpiness15n. The characteristic of being bumpy.
• bumptious15adj. Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious...
• bunkering16n. The taking on board of bunker fuel.
• bunkhouse18n. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests...
• buoyantly17adv. In a buoyant manner.
• bupleurum15n. Any member of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
• bupropion15n. An antidepressant drug which is also given to relieve the symptoms of...
• burakumin17n. A member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era...
• burlesque20adj. Parodical; parodic.
• burnished15adj. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
• burnisher14n. A tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
• burrowing15n. The act or result of making a burrow.
• bushcraft19n. The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any...
• bushwhack26v. To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make...
• buspirone13n. A mild antianxiety tranquilizer (trademark Buspar) that is administered...
• butadiene12n. An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from...
• butchered17adj. Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
• buttcrack19n. The gluteal cleft.
• butterbur13n. Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense...
• buttercup15n. Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the...
• butterfat14n. The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.
• butterfly17n. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by...
• buttering12n. The application of butter (n.) to something.
• butterman13n. A man who makes or sells butter.
• butternut11n. A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
• buttoning12n. A fastening with buttons.
• buttplate13n. The plate affixed to the rear end of a rifle stock.
• buttstock17n. The stock in a firearm, located in the rear of the firing mechanism...
• butylated15adj. Modified to contain one or more butyl groups.

BY

• bystander15n. A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it...
• byzantine23n. A byzant (coin).

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