10-letter words containing b, o, d
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- ben lomond — a mountain in W central Scotland, on the E side of Loch Lomond. Height: 973 m (3192 ft)
- beribboned — adorned with ribbons
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bidonville — a shanty town
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- big-footed — a prominent or influential person, especially a journalist or news analyst.
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- billfolder — billfold.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- bio-diesel — Bio-diesel is diesel fuel made from biological or natural sources.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- biofuelled — running on biofuel
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- birddogged — characterized by being pursued with determination
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- black body — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- black code — any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of former slaves after the Civil War.
- black gold — petroleum
- black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
- blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- blood bank — A blood bank is a place where blood which has been taken from blood donors is stored until it is needed for people in hospital.
- blood bath — a killing of many people; massacre
- blood cell — any of the cells that circulate in the blood
- blood clot — a clotted mass of blood
- blood feud — A blood feud is a long-lasting, bitter disagreement between two or more groups of people, particularly family groups. Blood feuds often involve members of each group murdering or fighting with members of the other.
- blood flow — the flow of blood through blood vessels around the body