9-letter words containing b, i, s, d
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- boot disk — (operating system) The magnetic disk (usually a hard disk) from which an operating system kernel is loaded (or "bootstrapped"). This second phase in system start-up is performed by a simple bootstrap loader program held in ROM, possibly configured by data stored in some form of writable non-volatile storage. Some operating systems, notably SunOS and Solaris, can be configured to boot from a network rather than from disk. Such a system can thus run as a diskless workstation.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boskopoid — of, relating to, or characteristic of Boskop man or the culture or habitat of Boskop man.
- broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
- broadwise — breadthwise
- bud stick — a shoot of a plant from which buds are cut for the propagation of that plant.
- buprestid — any beetle of the mainly tropical family Buprestidae, the adults of which are brilliantly coloured and the larvae of which bore into and cause damage to trees, roots, etc
- burnished — You can describe something as burnished when it is bright or smooth.
- burnsides — thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dabchicks — Plural form of dabchick.
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- derisible — subject to or deserving of derision; ridiculous
- described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- describer — A person who describes.
- describes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of describe.
- desirable — Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- devisable — (of property, esp realty) capable of being transferred by will
- diabesity — Used to refer to a form of diabetes that typically develops in later life and is associated with being obese.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- diabolism — activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- diabolist — Theology. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. the character or condition of a devil. a doctrine concerning devils. a belief in or worship of devils.
- diatribes — Plural form of diatribe.
- dihybrids — Plural form of dihybrid.
- disableds — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disablers — Plural form of disabler.
- disabling — Present participle of disable.
- disablism — Ableism: discrimination against the disabled.
- disabused — Simple past tense and past participle of disabuse.
- disabuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disabuse.
- disbanded — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- disbarred — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- disbodied — (archaic) disembodied.
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- disbudded — Simple past tense and past participle of disbud.
- disburden — to remove a burden from; rid of a burden.
- disbursal — The act of disbursing money.
- disbursed — Pay out (money from a fund).
- disburser — One who disburses money.
- disburses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburse.