8-letter words containing a, b, d, n
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- brandade — a Provençal dish of salt cod puréed with olive oil and milk
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandied — flavored or blended with brandy
- branding — The branding of a product is the presentation of it to the public in a way that makes it easy for people to recognize or identify.
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breadbin — a household container for bread, usually quite small
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- brideman — a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- bundwall — a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil or its refined product, designed to hold the contents of the tank in the event of a rupture or leak
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- cabstand — a taxi rank
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- clubland — A city's clubland is the area that contains all the best nightclubs.
- dab hand — In British English, if you are a dab hand at something, you are very good at doing it.
- dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
- damnable — You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- danubian — of or relating to the river Danube
- databank — a store of a large amount of information, esp in a form that can be handled by a computer
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- drabness — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- dunkable — (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- ear band — a small ornament worn on the rim of the ear, shaped so as to grip the rim gently instead of piercing or squeezing it.