8-letter words containing b, a, r, d
- 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).
- ladybird — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- landgrab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- macbride — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1904–88, Irish politician and diplomat, born in France: Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- madbrain — (archaic) A rash or hotheaded person.
- midbrain — the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.
- misbrand — to brand or label erroneously.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- nonbrand — not produced by a well-known company or brand
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- on-board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- oribatid — a mite of the family Oribatoidea
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- pc board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- rabbeted — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbet.
- rabbited — Simple past tense and past participle of rabbit.
- rabidity — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- radiable — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- railbird — a horse-racing fan who watches races or workouts from the railing along the track.
- rainband — a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere.
- rainbird — any of several birds, especially the black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) and the yellow-billed cuckoo (C. americanus), that are said to call frequently before a rainstorm.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- readable — easy or interesting to read.
- readably — easy or interesting to read.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red bark — a kind of cinchona containing a high proportion of alkaloids
- rehabbed — rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people