9-Letter Words Starting: BLA

• a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship

• a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21

• exert pressure on someone through threats

• common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns

• large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

• female salmon that has recently spawned

• small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

• a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it

• the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro

• the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life

• (possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.

• Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.

• blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

• blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

• very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees

• any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood