10-letter words containing b, e, t, d
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- boss-tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- brecciated — Petrology. to form as breccia.
- bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgetree — a beam supporting the shaft on which an upper millstone rotates.
- bridgwater — a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- buddy seat — a seat on a motorcycle or moped for the driver and a passenger sitting one behind the other.
- budget day — the day on which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
- budget for — If you budget for something, you take account of it when you are deciding how much you can afford to spend on different things.
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
- bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
- burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- butt-naked — completely naked
- butterweed — a North American herbaceous plant, Senecio glabellus, with yellow flowers
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- calibrated — marked with units
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbureted — (of a vehicle or engine) having fuel supplied through a carburetor, rather than an injector.
- card table — A card table is a small light table which can be folded up and which is sometimes used for playing games of cards on.
- celebrated — A celebrated person or thing is famous and much admired.
- celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
- chesterbed — a sofa or chesterfield that opens into a bed.
- clubfooted — Having a clubfoot.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- d'alembert — Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lə rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- death bell — a bell tolled to announce a death
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.