9-letter words containing d, a, l, b, e
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandoline — a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beardless — without a beard
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bed table — an adjustable table or a tray with legs, designed to extend over or rest upon a bed.
- bedazzled — If you are bedazzled by someone or something, you are so amazed and impressed by them that you feel confused.
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bedrabble — to drench or muddy.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- bellyband — a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle
- bemedaled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bile acid — any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- blackbead — cat's-claw.
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladeless — without a blade
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- 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
- 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
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boardlike — resembling a board
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary