8-letter words containing b, o, a, d
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- crabwood — a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- daybooks — Plural form of daybook.
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- diabolic — Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil.
- diabolos — Plural form of diabolo.
- 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.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- erodable — Capable of being eroded.
- fat body — a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
- foldable — to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- foldboat — faltboat.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- hebdomad — the number seven.