10-letter words containing b, o, d
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bold-faced — confident or impudent
- boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombed out — destroyed or severely damaged by or as by bombing: a bombed-out village; a bombed-out economy.
- bombed-out — A bombed-out building has been damaged or destroyed by a bomb.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
- bongo drum — small hand drum
- bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
- book-ended — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
- boondocker — combat boot.
- boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
- boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
- bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
- bootloader — a bootstrap loader
- boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
- borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
- boss-tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
- bosun bird — tropic bird.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bottom dog — underdog.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bouncedown — an occasion of restarting play by the umpire bouncing the ball
- bound form — a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated. Compare free form (def 2).
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder