10-letter words containing d, b, e
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- beard worm — pogonophoran.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- beau ideal — perfect beauty or excellence
- beau monde — the world of fashion and society
- beau-ideal — a conception of perfect beauty.
- beauregard — P(ierre) G(ustave) T(outant) de1818-93; Confederate general
- beautified — Simple past tense and past participle of beautify.
- beaver dam — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- become due — to become payable as previously arranged
- bed jacket — a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed
- bed settee — a settee which can be converted into a bed
- bed-sitter — a combination bedroom and sitting room.
- bedazzling — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedeviling — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedevilled — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- bedighting — Present participle of bedight.
- bedizening — Present participle of bedizen.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- bedpresser — an overweight, idle person, who exerts a great deal of pressure on their bed
- bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
- bedsitting — as in bedsitting room
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- bedwetting — Bedwetting means urinating in bed, usually by small children.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- beetlehead — a person of low intelligence
- beetleweed — galax.
- beflowered — adorned or decorated with flowers.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- befriended — to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid: to befriend the poor and the weak.
- befriender — a person who befriends
- befuddling — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- beggarweed — any of various leguminous plants of the genus Desmodium, esp D. purpureum of the Caribbean, grown in the southern US as forage plants and to improve the soil
- begrudgery — resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth
- begrudging — to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- bejewelled — A bejewelled person or object is wearing a lot of jewellery or is decorated with jewels.
- belladonna — either of two alkaloid drugs, atropine or hyoscyamine, obtained from the leaves and roots of the deadly nightshade
- belly-land — (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck