8-letter words containing b, i, n, d
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- bridging — one or more timber struts fixed between floor or roof joists to stiffen the construction and distribute the loads
- bridgman — Percy Williams. 1882–1961, US physicist: Nobel prize for physics (1946) for his work on high-pressure physics and thermodynamics
- bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- brigands — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- brindisi — a port in SE Italy, in SE Apulia: important naval base in Roman times and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages. Pop: 89 081 (2001)
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- bsd unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- build in — to incorporate or construct as an integral part
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
- bundling — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- buskined — relating to tragic drama
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- dabbling — the fact of being involved in an activity in a frivolous or superficial way
- danubian — of or relating to the river Danube
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debiting — the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- debuting — a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- dibbling — Present participle of dibble.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- dingbats — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- dobrynin — Anatoly F(edorovich) [an-uh-toh-lee fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1919–2010, Russian diplomat.
- dornbirn — a city in W Austria, in Vorarlberg. Pop: 42 301 (2001)
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- dubbings — Plural form of dubbing.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- dustbins — Plural form of dustbin.
- ebonized — Simple past tense and past participle of ebonize.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.