9-letter words containing b, e, d
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- berdichev — a city in W central Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)
- beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
- berg wind — a hot dry wind in South Africa blowing from the plateau down to the coast
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernhardi — Friedrich A. J. von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German general.
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- beseeched — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- betrothed — If you are betrothed to someone, you have agreed to marry them.
- betumbled — thrown into disorder
- beveridge — William Henry, 1st Baron Beveridge. 1879–1963, British economist, whose Report on Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942) formed the basis of social-security legislation in Britain
- bewitched — to affect by witchcraft or magic; cast a spell over.
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bi-endian — Silicon schizophrenia. Processors and other chips that have can be switched to work in big-endian or little-endian mode. The PowerPC chip has this ability, which allows it to run the little-endian Windows NT, or the big-endian Mac OS/PPC.
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bid price — The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it.
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bielefeld — a city in Germany, in NE North Rhine-Westphalia: food, textiles. Pop: 328 452 (2003 est)
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- big media — the mainstream media, as television and newspapers: blogs that compete with big media.
- big-boned — having bones that are unusually massive
- bigheaded — Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
- bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bike ride — a ride on a bicycle
- bile acid — any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
- bile duct — the duct that conveys bile from the liver and the gall bladder to the duodenum
- bimotored — having two engines.
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
- bindi-eye — any of various small weedy Australian herbaceous plants of the genus Calotis, with burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
- biofueled — running on biofuel
- bioturbed — stirred by organisms
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bird cage — metal enclosure for a bird
- bird feed — seeds or other food given to birds.
- birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- bisulfide — disulfide
- bit decay — bit rot