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8-letter words containing b, o, a, d

  • body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
  • bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
  • bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
  • bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
  • boldface — (of type) having this weight
  • bolthead — the head of a bolt
  • bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
  • bombload — (of a vehicle of war) the quantity of bombs being carried or able to be carried
  • bona dea — an ancient Roman goddess of chastity and fertility.
  • bonafide — made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
  • bondable — able to be bonded, fastened, or secured
  • bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
  • bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
  • bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
  • bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
  • bonehead — a stupid or obstinate person
  • boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
  • boobhead — a repeat offender in a prison
  • boofhead — a stupid person
  • bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
  • bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
  • bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
  • boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
  • boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
  • bow hand — the hand that holds the bow in archery or in playing a violin, cello, etc.
  • boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
  • boy band — A boy band is a band consisting of young men who sing pop music and dance. Boy bands are especially popular with teenage girls.
  • bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
  • braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
  • braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
  • bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
  • branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
  • broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
  • broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
  • broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
  • broadish — fairly broad
  • broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
  • brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
  • brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
  • brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
  • browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
  • caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
  • caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
  • caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.
  • cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
  • carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
  • cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
  • chad box — (hardware)   (IBM called this a "chip box") A metal box about the size of a lunchbox (or in some models a large wastebasket), for collecting the chad that accumulated in Iron Age card punches. You had to open the covers of the card punch periodically and empty the chad box. The bit bucket was notionally the equivalent device in the CPU enclosure, which was typically across the room in another great grey-and-blue box.
  • chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
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