10-letter words containing a, b, d, s
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- dumb-asses — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dust-bathe — (of a bird) to squat in dusty soil and fluff dust through the plumage: probably performed to combat ectoparasites.
- embarassed — Misspelling of embarrassed.
- embassador — Archaic form of ambassador.
- ember days — any of four groups of three days (always Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) of prayer and fasting, the groups occurring after Pentecost, after the first Sunday of Lent, after the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13), and after the feast of the Holy Cross (Sept 14)
- endorsable — (legal, of a driving offence) Leading to endorsement of one's driving licence with penalty points.
- ex-husband — man: former spouse
- faisalabad — a city in NE Pakistan: commercial and manufacturing centre of a cotton- and wheat-growing region; university (1961). Pop: 2 533 000 (2005 est)
- fallboards — Plural form of fallboard.
- fassbinder — Rainer Werner [rahy-ner] /ˈraɪ nər/ (Show IPA), 1946–82, German film actor and director.
- fireboards — Plural form of fireboard.
- firebrands — Plural form of firebrand.
- flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- footboards — Plural form of footboard.
- gabardines — Plural form of gabardine.
- garderobes — Plural form of garderobe.
- garibaldis — Plural form of garibaldi.
- globalised — Simple past tense and past participle of globalise.
- goatsbeard — any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gold basis — a gold standard as a basis for prices.
- graybeards — Plural form of graybeard.
- greaseband — a band of greasy or sticky material wrapped around a tree trunk in order to prevent insects from ascending the tree
- grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
- hand basin — sink for washing hands
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handlebars — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- harborside — bordering a harbor.
- headboards — Plural form of headboard.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbandman — a farmer.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- idioblasts — Plural form of idioblast.
- jaborandis — Plural form of jaborandi.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- misbehaved — Simple past tense and past participle of misbehave.
- misbranded — Simple past tense and past participle of misbrand.
- mislabeled — Simple past tense and past participle of mislabel.
- moldboards — Plural form of moldboard.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.