9-letter words containing a, b, d
- bird band — a band put on a bird's leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc.
- bird cage — metal enclosure for a bird
- bird call — a sound made by a bird.
- bird farm — an aircraft carrier.
- bird walk — an excursion, usually undertaken as a group with an expert leader, for observing and studying birds in their natural habitat.
- birdbrain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- birdwatch — to watch birds
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- bit decay — bit rot
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- black dog — depression or melancholy
- black pad — a rough road or track
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- blackband — a type of iron carbonate
- blackbead — cat's-claw.
- blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
- blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blackland — an area of dark peaty soil
- blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladeless — without a blade
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- bland out — to become bland
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- board out — If someone in your care is boarded out, they are sent to stay with someone else.
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardroom — The boardroom is a room where the board of a company meets.
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat ride — a ride in a boat
- bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.