10-letter words containing b, e, d
- bird's-eye — seen or photographed from high above
- birddogged — characterized by being pursued with determination
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- birth-date — the date of a person’s birth, usually expressed as a specific day, month, and year.
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- bite-sized — Bite-sized pieces of food are small enough to fit easily in your mouth.
- bitter end — the end of a line, chain, or cable, esp the end secured in the chain locker of a vessel
- bitterweed — any of various plants that contain a bitter-tasting substance
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black code — any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- black diet — deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.
- black lead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blackbeard — nickname of (Edward) Teach
- bladdernut — any temperate shrub or small tree of the genus Staphylea, esp S. pinnata of S Europe, that has bladder-like seed pods: family Staphyleaceae
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blind seed — a disease of ryegrass, characterized by shriveled, soft seeds, caused by a fungus, Phialea temulenta.
- blind side — the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
- blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
- blind-side — the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
- blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blood cell — any of the cells that circulate in the blood
- blood feud — A blood feud is a long-lasting, bitter disagreement between two or more groups of people, particularly family groups. Blood feuds often involve members of each group murdering or fighting with members of the other.
- blood heat — Blood heat is a temperature of 37°C, which is about the same as the normal temperature of the human body.
- blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
- blood test — A blood test is a medical examination of a small amount of your blood.
- blood type — Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.
- bloodiness — the state of being bloody
- bloodstone — a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- blow dryer — a handheld hair dryer
- blow-dried — dried using hairdryer
- blow-dryer — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance that dries hair by emitting a stream of warm air.
- bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- blue blood — If you say that someone has blue blood, you mean that they are from a family that has a high social rank.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blue devil — a blue capsule or tablet containing the barbiturate amobarbital or its derivative.
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- blue mould — any fungus of the genus Penicillium that forms a bluish mass on decaying food, leather, etc
- blue ridge — a mountain range extending SW from N Virginia to N Georgia: part of the Appalachian Mountains.
- blue-devil — blue heaven.
- bluefields — a city in SW West Virginia.
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.