8-letter words containing b, r, o, d
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obtruded — Simple past tense and past participle of obtrude.
- obtruder — One who obtrudes.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- obverted — Simple past tense and past participle of obvert.
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- old bird — Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
- on board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- on-board — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- ore-body — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- oribatid — a mite of the family Oribatoidea
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outbreed — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- ovenbird — an American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest of leaves, twigs, etc., on the forest floor.
- overbind — To bind or restrict to an excessive extent.
- overbold — Excessively bold.
- overbred — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- oxbridge — Oxford or Cambridge University, or both, especially in contrast with the redbrick universities of England.
- pc board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- rebeldom — a region or territory controlled by rebels.
- red book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green siblings. 3. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the Green Book - IEEE 1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf" and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size". 5. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the Orange Book. See also book titles. - redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
- rod bolt — a long, double-ended bolt.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on
- rude boy — a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- snowbird — junco.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- subchord — a part of a chord
- suborder — a category of related families within an order.
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subround — somewhat round or rounded.
- subworld — in literary theory, a world 'created' by a character within a text world or fiction, for example through a flashback or reminiscence on the part of the character; the subworld is subordinate to but not part of the text world