9-letter words containing b, a, r, d
- gaberdine — Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- gameboard — A portable surface on which a game is played, and which is marked for play of that game.
- gangboard — a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.
- garderobe — a wardrobe or its contents.
- garibaldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1807–82, Italian patriot and general.
- girl band — A girl band is a band consisting of young women who sing pop music and dance.
- grandbaby — an infant grandchild.
- grassbird — a type of warbler found in long grass and reed beds
- gray body — any body that emits radiation at each wavelength in a constant ratio less than unity to that emitted by a black body at the same temperature.
- graybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- greybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- grid bias — the potential difference applied between a grid and the cathode of a vacuum tube.
- haberdash — To deal in small wares.
- haberdine — a cod that has been dried and salted
- hairbands — Plural form of hairband.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- handlebar — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- harboured — 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 boot — (operating system) A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
- hard-bill — a seed-eating bird.
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardboard — a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- hasdrubal — died 207 b.c, Carthaginian general (brother of Hannibal).
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- heathbird — the black grouse
- hebridean — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hindbrain — the most posterior 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, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; rhombencephalon.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- husbandry — the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- hyderabad — a state in SE India, formed from portions of Chennai and Hyderabad states 1956. 105,963 sq. mi. (274,444 sq. km). Capital: Hyderabad.
- indurable — Archaic form of endurable.
- intraband — (physics) Describing a property within a band (magnetic, spectral etc).
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- jailbirds — Plural form of jailbird.
- kabardian — a Circassian language of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.
- land crab — any of several crabs, especially of the family Gecarcinidae, that live chiefly upon land, returning to the sea to breed.
- land grab — the seizing of land by a nation, state, or organization, especially illegally, underhandedly, or unfairly.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing