10-letter words containing a, d, o, r, b
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- 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
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- 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
- 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 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.
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- 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.
- 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
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- brassboard — in certain types of engineering, an experimental model at a more advanced stage of development than a breadboard (sense 2)
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadboard — A breadboard is a flat piece of wood used for cutting bread on.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- broad bean — Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.
- broad jump — an exercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broad-jump — long-jump.
- broadbrush — lacking full detail or information; incomplete or rough
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom