8-letter words containing a, d, o, r, b
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- crabwood — a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- damboard — a draughtboard
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- erodable — Capable of being eroded.
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labrador — a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.