8-letter words containing b, d
- addebted — indebted
- adelbert — a masculine name
- adlibbed — to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- adorably — very attractive or delightful; charming: What an adorable hat!
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- adumbral — shadowy
- airboard — an inflatable board resembling a bodyboard that is used in the sport of airboarding
- airbound — supported by air
- al-obeid — El Obeid
- albinoid — Of or pertaining to an animal or person with albinism.
- aldicarb — a crystalline compound, C7H14N2O2S, used as a pesticide against insects, mites and nematodes
- ambedkar — Bhimrao Ramji [beem-rou rahm-jee] /ˈbim raʊ ˈrɑm dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1893–1956, Indian politician and jurist.
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- ambident — (chemistry) Describing a molecule or group that has two alternative and interacting reaction sites, to either of which a bond may be made during a reaction.
- amblypod — one of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Pantodonta, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a massive body and short legs.
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- amoeboid — of, related to, or resembling amoebae
- andoroba — carapa.
- angrboda — a giantess who was the mother of Loki's children, Fenrir and Hel, and also of the Midgard serpent.
- ant bird — any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- antbirds — Plural form of antbird.
- antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
- anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- armbands — Plural form of armband.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- autobaud — automatic baud rate detection
- autobody — Alternative form of auto body.
- b-method — (programming, tool) A system for rigorous or formal development of software using the notion of Abstract Machines to specify and design software systems. The B-Method is supported by the B-Toolkit. Abstract Machines are specified using the Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) which is in turn based on the mathematical theory of Generalised Substitutions.
- babeldom — a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel
- babydoll — a short sleeveless nightgown or dress with a loose skirt
- babyfood — food for babies, often puréed
- babyhood — Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby.
- back end — autumn
- back-end — (programming) Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. The term can also be used in the context of network applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles socket protocols". Contrast front end.
- backband — a moulding used at the edges of a window casing
- backbend — a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
- backbond — a legal document qualifying the terms of a bond or explaining the purpose for which a bond has been granted
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- backdown — an act of retreating from a previously asserted position
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- backhand — A backhand is a shot in tennis or squash, which you make with your arm across your body.
- backland — undeveloped land behind a developed property
- backload — a load carried by a lorry on a return journey