11-letter words containing a, b, o, d, e
- biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
- bladdernose — hooded seal
- bladderworm — cysticercus
- bladderwort — any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae
- bloatedness — the state of being swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
- blood-caked — caked with blood
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
- board check — a body check in which the opponent is thrown against the wooden wall enclosing the rink. Compare check1 (def 37).
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- brassed off — fed up; disgruntled
- bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
- bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- bridgeboard — a board on both sides of a staircase that is cut to support the treads and risers
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- broad river — a river in W North Carolina, flowing S to join the Saluda River, forming the Congaree River in South Carolina. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- broad-based — comprehensive and inclusive
- broad-faced — having a broad, wide face.
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- broadcasted — to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station.
- broadcaster — A broadcaster is someone who gives talks or takes part in interviews and discussions on radio or television programmes.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- buenos dias — good day; good morning
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cable modem — (communications, hardware) A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot