10-letter words containing b, a, l, d
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- 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
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bridezilla — a woman whose behaviour in planning the details of her wedding is regarded as intolerable
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- bubblehead — a frivolous person
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- cable bend — a knot or clinch for attaching a cable to an anchor or mooring post.
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- calibrated — marked with units
- call-board — a bulletin board, as in a theater, on which notices are posted announcing rehearsals, changes in the cast, etc.
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- card table — A card table is a small light table which can be folded up and which is sometimes used for playing games of cards on.
- celebrated — A celebrated person or thing is famous and much admired.
- celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
- chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- cobb salad — a salad consisting mainly of chopped lettuce, chicken, cheddar, egg, bacon, avocado, vinaigrette, and blue cheese
- condonable — to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like): The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.
- confidable — Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information.
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- d'alembert — Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lə rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie
- damageable — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- deaf-blind — of or relating to a person who is both deaf and blind.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white