8-letter words containing b, o, d
- balanoid — shaped like an acorn.
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- bandello — Matteo [maht-te-aw] /mɑtˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1485–1561, Italian ecclesiastic and author.
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandoeng — Bandung.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- bar food — food served in a pub
- barbados — an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
- barcoded — having a barcode
- barnardo — Dr Thomas John. 1845–1905, British philanthropist, who founded homes for destitute children
- barndoor — The large door of a barn.
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basswood — any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed bolt — a bolt on a bed for attaching a side rail to the head or foot.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bed-roll — bedding that rolls up for portability and is used especially for sleeping out-of-doors.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedotted — covered with dots; speckled
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- bedrolls — Plural form of bedroll.
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- bedsocks — the type of socks worn in bed
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedsores — Bedsores are sore places on a person's skin, caused by having to lie in bed for a long time without changing position.
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- bedworth — a town in central England, in N Warwickshire. Pop: 30 001 (2001)
- bee road — an area planted with nectar-rich flowers in order to provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects
- beefwood — any of various trees that produce very hard wood, esp the Australian tree Casuarina equisetifolia, widely planted in warm regions
- befouled — to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.
- begombed — smudged and sticky; soiled, usually with sticky residue.