9-letter words containing d, b, a
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- boda-boda — a bicycle taxi
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
- body part — a part of a human body
- 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 wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
- body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- bodyboard — a surfboard that is shorter and blunter than the standard board and on which the surfer lies rather than stands
- bodyguard — A bodyguard is a person or a group of people employed to protect someone.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
- bookstand — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- bordereau — a memorandum or invoice prepared for a company by an underwriter, containing a list of reinsured risks
- bosberaad — a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- bouvardia — a genus of flowering herbs and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical parts of Central America
- bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bradenton — a city in W Florida.
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- braindead — having suffered brain death
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- brake pad — the flat metal casting, together with the bound friction material, in a disc brake
- brand new — entirely new.
- brand-new — A brand-new object is completely new.
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- brandreth — a gridiron, iron trivet, or tripod
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- bread bin — A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread.
- breadhead — a person who is overly concerned with money
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breadroom — a room or compartment where bread is kept, esp on a ship
- breadroot — a leguminous plant, Psoralea esculenta, of central North America, having an edible starchy root
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- breedable — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.