8-letter words containing a, b, d
- jabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of jabber.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- labelled — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- labiated — having a lip or lips
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labrador — a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
- ladybird — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- laidback — Alternative spelling of laid-back.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- landable — Capable of being landed.
- landbank — An area of land held in reserve by a house-building firm.
- landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- lap-band — a device fitted around the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- laudable — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- laudably — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- lava bed — a large expanse of flat lava flows
- lazy bed — (in parts of Scotland and Ireland, formerly) a patch in which potatoes were cultivated by laying them on the surface and covering them with kelp and with soil from a trench on either side of the bed
- leadable — Capable of being led.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- lendable — reserved or at hand for purposes of lending: lendable stock; lendable money.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- lie-abed — a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- loadable — Capable of being loaded.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- mandible — the bone of the lower jaw.
- mast bed — a construction in a wooden deck around the opening for a mast.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mbandaka — a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- megaband — (music, informal) A particularly successful band.
- megadebt — An enormous debt.