8-letter words containing b, o, r, d
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- biforked — two-pronged
- big road — a main road or highway.
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- bird dog — a dog used or trained to retrieve game birds after they are shot
- bird-dog — to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- blow-dry — If you blow-dry your hair, you dry it with a hairdryer, often to give it a particular style.
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boardman — a member of a board
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- body rub — massage.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- bodywork — The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- bone dry — If you say that something is bone dry, you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed.
- bone-dry — very dry.
- boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
- boo-word — any word that seems to cause irrational fear
- boodlers — the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- bordello — A bordello is a brothel.
- borderer — a person who lives in a border area, esp the border between England and Scotland
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- borodino — a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army
- borujerd — city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000
- bothered — worried or concerned
- botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- bouderie — sulkiness, pouting
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- bowrider — a motorboat with an open bow provided with seating.
- boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
- boyd orr — John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.