9-letter words containing a, b, d
- bashed in — crushed or dented from a blow
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basifixed — (of an anther) attached to the filament by its base
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- basswoods — Plural form of basswood.
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- bastinade — bastinado.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bat-eared — (of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.
- batardeau — A cofferdam.
- baud barf — (jargon) /bawd barf/ The garbage one gets on the display screen when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (especially line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely random, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds.
- baud rate — a rate of data transmission measured in baud
- bavardage — idle chattering
- bawdiness — indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- be seated — to assume a seated position; sit down
- be warned — If someone says to you 'be warned', they are advising you to be cautious, because there are risks that you may not have thought about.
- beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
- beachside — situated near a beach
- bead test — a laboratory test used in the identification of certain metals or metal constituents, in which a bead covered with the material is heated in a flame and cooled to observe its properties.
- bead tree — Barbados pride (def 1).
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beady eye — keen watchfulness that may be somewhat hostile
- beam wind — a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.
- beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
- bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- bear raid — an attempt to force down the price of a security or commodity by sustained selling
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatified — to make blissfully happy.
- beatitude — supreme blessedness or happiness
- bed board — a thin, stiff board placed on a bed under the mattress to lend added support for the body
- bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bed table — an adjustable table or a tray with legs, designed to extend over or rest upon a bed.
- bed-stand — night table.
- bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
- bedazzled — If you are bedazzled by someone or something, you are so amazed and impressed by them that you feel confused.
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.