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

  • bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
  • bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
  • bland out — to become bland
  • bleed out — to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound
  • blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel
  • blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
  • blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
  • blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  • blockhead — a stupid person
  • blondness — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
  • blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
  • blood red — of the deep-red color of blood: a fiery, blood-red sunset.
  • blood-red — Something that is blood-red is bright red in colour.
  • bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
  • bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
  • bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
  • bloodlike — resembling blood
  • bloodline — A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.
  • bloodlust — If you say that someone is driven by a bloodlust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
  • bloodnoun — a bullfrog, especially Rana catesbeiana.
  • bloodroot — a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
  • bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
  • bloodshot — If your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol.
  • bloodwood — any of several species of Australian eucalyptus that exude a red sap
  • bloodworm — the red wormlike aquatic larva of the midge, Chironomus plumosus, which lives at the bottom of stagnant pools and ditches
  • bloodwort — a name given to a number of plants which have red leaves or roots, or which are popularly considered either to draw blood or to reduce bleeding
  • bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
  • blootered — intoxicated; drunk
  • blossomed — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
  • blow down — to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
  • blow mold — a hinged mold for shaping molten glass during blowing.
  • blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
  • blue mold — any of various species of a fungus (genus Penicillium) that produce bluish masses of spores: some species yield penicillin and some are used to ripen certain cheeses
  • blueblood — an aristocratic person
  • boardlike — resembling a board
  • boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
  • bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
  • body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
  • body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
  • body cell — somatic cell.
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
  • body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
  • body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
  • bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
  • boieldieu — François Adrien [frahn-swa a-dree-an] /frɑ̃ˈswa a driˈɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1775–1834, French composer.
  • boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
  • bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
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