8-letter words containing a, b, d, s
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- basswood — any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana
- bastards — Plural form of bastard.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- baudrons — a cat
- be arsed — to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed)
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedstand — a bedside table
- bedstead — A bedstead is the metal or wooden frame of an old-fashioned bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- bedwards — towards bed
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- beshadow — to darken with shadow
- bespread — to cover (a surface) with something
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- brandeis — ˈLouis Demˌbitz (ˈdɛmˌbɪts ) ; demˈbitsˌ) 1856-1941; U.S. jurist: associate justice, Supreme Court (1916-39)
- brandise — a trivet
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brassard — an identifying armband or badge
- breasted — having a breast.
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- bud vase — a relatively tall, slender vase, usually footed, for holding a single, stemmed flower, usually a rosebud
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- butsudan — (in Buddhism) a small household altar
- bypassed — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.