9-letter words containing a, b, t, e, d
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bedsteads — Plural form of bedstead.
- bedstraws — Plural form of bedstraw.
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- 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
- 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
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
- boat ride — a ride in a boat
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- budgetary — A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent.
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- combatted — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- data base — a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
- databased — Simple past tense and past participle of database.
- databases — Plural form of database.
- date back — If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- dead beat — a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
- dead-beat — If you are dead-beat, you are very tired and have no energy left.
- deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.
- deathbeds — Plural form of deathbed.
- deathbell — Alternative form of death bell.
- deathblow — a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- debatable — If you say that something is debatable, you mean that it is not certain.
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner
- debateful — quarrelsome