8-letter words containing a, b, d
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)
- misbrand — to brand or label erroneously.
- moddable — (video games) That can be modded (modified by the end user).
- moldable — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mud bath — skin treatment: soaking in mud
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mudbaths — Plural form of mudbath.
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- nail bed — the dermis and epidermis under a fingernail or toenail.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- nonbrand — not produced by a well-known company or brand
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
- obtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.
- oddballs — Plural form of oddball.
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- on-board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- oribatid — a mite of the family Oribatoidea
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- passband — the range of frequencies that pass with a minimum of attenuation through an electronic filter.
- pc board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- platband — a flat structural member, as a lintel or flat arch.
- pop band — a band, consisting of guitars, drums and sometimes other instruments, which plays pop music
- pplambda — (language) essentially the first-order predicate calculus superposed upon the simply-typed polymorphic lambda-calculus. PPLambda is the object language for LCF.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- pub date — publication date.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- rabbeted — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbet.
- rabbited — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbit.
- rabidity — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- radiable — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- railbird — a horse-racing fan who watches races or workouts from the railing along the track.
- rainband — a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere.
- rainbird — any of several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) and the yellow-billed cuckoo (C. americanus), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- readable — easy or interesting to read.