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10-letter words containing a, b, o, d

  • black gold — petroleum
  • black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
  • blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
  • bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
  • blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
  • blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
  • blastodisk — germinal disk
  • blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
  • blood bank — A blood bank is a place where blood which has been taken from blood donors is stored until it is needed for people in hospital.
  • blood bath — a killing of many people; massacre
  • blood heat — Blood heat is a temperature of 37°C, which is about the same as the normal temperature of the human body.
  • blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
  • bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
  • board foot — a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick
  • board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
  • board rule — a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
  • board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
  • boarded-up — with windows and doors covered with boards for security
  • boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
  • bobblehead — a collectable doll with a bobbing oversized head representing a celebrity or a cartoon character
  • bode's law — an empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun, based on the numerical sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24,…. Adding 4 to each number and dividing by 10 gives the sequence 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8,…, which is a reasonable representation of distances in astronomical units for most planets if the minor planets are counted as a single entity at 2.8
  • body armor — Body armor is special protective clothing that people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
  • body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
  • bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
  • bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
  • bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
  • boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • bold-faced — confident or impudent
  • bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
  • bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
  • bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
  • bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
  • bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
  • bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
  • bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
  • boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
  • bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
  • bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
  • boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
  • bootloader — a bootstrap loader
  • borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
  • bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
  • borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
  • bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
  • boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
  • botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
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