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10-letter words containing b, o, l, d

  • body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
  • body louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • 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
  • 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.
  • bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
  • 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.
  • bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
  • bootloader — a bootstrap loader
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • 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.
  • botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
  • bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
  • 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
  • bow-legged — outward curvature of the legs causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact.
  • bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
  • bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
  • bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
  • brazilwood — a hard, reddish wood obtained from several tropical American trees (genera Caesalpinia and Haematoxylon) of the caesalpinia family: it yields a red or blue dye and is also used in making cabinets and violin bows
  • bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
  • bread roll — a small piece of bread dough made into a circular shape and baked
  • brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
  • broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
  • broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
  • broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
  • broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
  • broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
  • brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
  • broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
  • build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
  • build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
  • build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
  • bull-nosed — having a rounded end
  • bulldogged — one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
  • bulldogger — a person who brings an animal, esp a steer, to the ground by twisting its head from the horns
  • bulletwood — the wood of a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Manilkara bidentata, widely used for construction due to its durability and toughness
  • bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
  • buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
  • buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
  • call-board — a bulletin board, as in a theater, on which notices are posted announcing rehearsals, changes in the cast, etc.
  • carbolated — containing carbolic acid
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