10-letter words containing b, i, o, d
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
- bridegroom — A bridegroom is a man who is getting married.
- bridgeport — a port in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound. Pop: 139 664 (2003 est)
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- bring down — When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
- broadpiece — an English coin replaced by the guinea in 1663
- broodiness — moody; gloomy.
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
- by dint of — If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- colorblind — unable to perceive colors or to distinguish between certain colors, as red and green
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- confidable — Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information.
- conscribed — Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe.
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- corrodible — Readily corroded.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- debonnaire — courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- 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).
- dhobi itch — a fungal disease of the skin: a type of ringworm chiefly affecting the groin