10-letter words containing b, o, d
- colourbred — (of an animal) bred to be a particular colour
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- condonable — to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like): The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.
- confidable — Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information.
- conscribed — Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- cord blood — blood from the placenta drawn through the newly severed umbilical cord, collected for study or for possible transfusion to treat disease in the child.
- cordonbleu — any of several small African finches of the genus Uraeginthus, having pale blue and buff plumage and commonly kept as cage birds.
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- corkboards — Plural form of corkboard.
- corn bread — a baked or fried flat bread made with cornmeal and, variously, milk or water, flour, eggs, sugar, etc.
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- corrodible — Readily corroded.
- cotton bud — A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make-up.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crossbreed — to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- dagobert i — a.d. 602?–639, Merovingian king of the Franks 628–639.
- dartboards — Plural form of dartboard.
- dashboards — Plural form of dashboard.
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- debonnaire — courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm: a debonair gentleman.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
- decaborane — (inorganic compound) The stable borane B10H14.
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- demob suit — a suit of civilian clothes issued to a demobilized soldier, esp at the end of World War II
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- deportable — liable to deportation
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- dhobi itch — a fungal disease of the skin: a type of ringworm chiefly affecting the groin
- diabolical — If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.