10-letter words containing b, e, d, o
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dibromides — Plural form of dibromide.
- disembargo — to remove an embargo from.
- disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.
- disembosom — to reveal; divulge.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disennoble — to deprive of nobility
- disobeying — Present participle of disobey.
- disobliged — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- disobliges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disoblige.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disselboom — One of the poles supporting a wagon.
- dissoluble — capable of being dissolved: tablets dissoluble in water.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- do a melba — to make repeated farewell appearances
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dogberries — Plural form of dogberry.
- doggie bag — If you ask for a doggie bag in a restaurant, you ask for any food you have not eaten to be put into a bag for you to take home.
- dogsbodies — Plural form of dogsbody.
- donn-byrne — Brian Oswald ("Donn Byrne") 1889–1928, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- doodle-bug — any of various small, squat vehicles.
- doodlebugs — Plural form of doodlebug.
- doorbuster — Informal. a retail item that is heavily discounted for a very limited time in order to draw customers to the store. the price of such an item.
- dorbeetles — Plural form of dorbeetle.
- double act — Two comedians or entertainers who perform together are referred to as a double act. Their performance can also be called a double act.
- double bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- double bed — a bed large enough for two adults, especially a bed measuring 54 inches (137 cm) wide; full-size bed.
- double cup — (in Renaissance art) a matched pair of metal cups, made so that one can be placed inverted on top of the other.
- double day — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- double dip — In economics, a double dip is a period when an economy goes into recession, then briefly recovers, but then goes into another recession.
- double run — a set of four cards consisting of a three-card run plus a fourth card of the same denomination as one of the others, as 2, 3, 4, 4, worth eight points.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- double top — a score of double 20
- double-cut — noting a file having parallel cutting ridges crisscrossing in two directions.
- double-dip — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- doubleness — the quality or condition of being double.
- doubletons — Plural form of doubleton.
- doubletree — a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast.
- doublewide — Alternative spelling of double-wide.
- doubleword — two bytes considered as a single storage entity, used in some high-level programming languages.
- douche bag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- doughbelly — stoneroller (def 1).
- downblouse — Describing a voyeuristic image of the view down a woman's cleavage.
- dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
- dreamboats — Plural form of dreamboat.
- drop cable — Wiring between a computer and its Ethernet transceiver. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m.