9-letter words containing b, o, a, d
- harboured — 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 boot — (operating system) A boot which resets the entire system. The phrase has connations of hostility toward, or frustration with, the computer being booted. For example, "I'll have to hard boot this losing Sun", or "I recommend booting it hard". Hard boots are often performed with a power cycle. Contrast soft boot. See also cold boot and reboot
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- hardboard — a material made from wood fibers compressed into sheets, having many household and industrial uses.
- hardbound — (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.
- headboard — a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.
- hebdomads — Plural form of hebdomad.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- holderbat — a bracket that supports a pipe and fastens it to a wall or surface
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- jaborandi — any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- lamb down — to persuade (someone) to spend all his money
- lambdamoo — (games) The most frequently used server software for running a MOO and also the nerve-center (of sorts) of the MOO community.
- landboard — a narrow board, with wheels larger than those on a skateboard, usually ridden while standing
- langobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- leeboards — Plural form of leeboard.
- lensboard — the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.
- loanblend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- lobulated — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- lodgeable — Capable of being lodged.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- longbeard — bellarmine.
- longboard — A type of long surfboard.
- longobard — Lombard1 (def 2).
- low board — a diving board 1 meter (3.2 feet) above the water.
- lowballed — Simple past tense and past participle of lowball.
- mad about — passionate about
- main body — the hull, as distinguished from the rest of a ship.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- make bold — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- moldboard — the curved metal plate in a plow that turns over the earth from the furrow.
- molybdate — a salt of any molybdic acid.
- monoboard — Synonym of monoski.
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- moradabad — a city in N Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- mouldable — something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly.
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.