5-letter words containing b, d
- debts — Plural form of debt.
- debug — When someone debugs a computer program, they look for the faults in it and correct them so that it will run properly.
- debur — to remove burs from (a piece of machined metal)
- debus — to unload (goods) or (esp of troops) to alight from a motor vehicle
- debut — The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
- debye — Peter Joseph Wilhelm. 1884–1966, Dutch chemist and physicist, working in the US: Nobel prize for chemistry (1936) for his work on dipole moments
- defib — (informal, transitive) To defibrillate.
- demob — Someone's demob is their release from the armed forces.
- deneb — the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of the brightest but remotest stars in the night sky. Visual magnitude: 1.25; spectral type: A2I
- denib — To remove nibs trapped in a layer of paint or other finish.
- derby — The Derby is the name of a race for three-year-old horses that takes place each year. In Britain, it refers to a race that takes place in Epsom. In the United States, it refers particularly to the Kentucky Derby.
- detab — DEcision TABle. A decision table COBOL preprocessor written by A. Chapman in 1964. Versions: DETAB 65, DETAB X.
- dhobi — (in India, Malaya, East Africa, etc, esp formerly) a washerman
- dibai — Dubai.
- dibbs — money
- dibol — Digital Interactive Business Oriented Language. DEC, 1970. Fortran syntax with BCD arithmetic. Versions for PDP-8 and RT-11. ANSI X3.165-1988.
- digby — Sir Kenelm, 1603–65, English writer, naval commander, and diplomat.
- dimbo — an unintelligent person
- do by — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dobby — British Dialect. a fatuous person; fool.
- dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- dobla — a former gold coin of Spain.
- dobra — any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- dobro — (lowercase) any guitar of this type.
- dolby — Dolby is a system which reduces the background noise on electronic cassette players.
- dorab — wolf herring.
- dorba — a stupid, inept, or clumsy person
- doubs — a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- drabs — Plural form of drab.
- dribs — Plural form of drib.
- droob — a pathetic person
- drubs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drub.
- dubai — an emirate in the NE United Arab Emirates, on the Persian Gulf.
- dubbo — a city in E Australia.
- dubbs — Plural form of dubb.
- dubby — (music) In the style of dub music; having been heavily remixed, particularly with reduced vocals or emphasised bass.
- dubna — a new town in W Russia, founded in 1956: site of the United Institute of Nuclear Research. Pop: 60 951 (2002)
- dubos — René Jules [ruh-ney joolz;; French ruh-ney zhyl] /rəˈneɪ dʒulz;; French rəˈneɪ ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1901–82, U.S. bacteriologist, born in France: early advocate of ecological concern.
- dumbo — a stupid person: a class full of dumbos.
- dumbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumb.
- dweeb — Slang. nerd; wimp.
- ebbed — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- embed — Fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.
- gibed — Simple past tense and past participle of gibe.
- hepdb — A database management system for HEP.
- ibada — any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- ibadi — a North African Kharijite.
- imbed — embed.
- irbid — a town in NW Jordan.