8-letter words containing d, c, b
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- becudgel — to arm with a cudgel
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedecked — If a place is bedecked with flags or other ornaments, these things have been hung up to decorate it.
- bedrench — to drench thoroughly; soak
- bedsocks — the type of socks worn in bed
- benedick — a newly married man
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- beuncled — having many uncles
- bhc code — Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem Code
- bicaudal — having two tails
- bicuspid — having or terminating in two cusps or points
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- blackcod — sablefish.
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- boadicea — Boudicca
- body-con — a style of skintight clothing that emphasizes the contours of the body
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bombycid — any moth, including the silkworm moth, of the family Bombycidae, most of which occur in Africa and SE Asia
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- 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
- brancard — a litter hung on poles, carried between two horses, one in front and the other behind
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- breached — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breeched — the lower, rear part of the trunk of the body; buttocks.
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- caballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cabal.
- cabbaged — Chiefly British. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. Also called cab. such scraps used for reprocessing.
- caboched — (of an image of the head of a beast) having an exposed face but a concealed neck
- caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- caboshed — (of an animal, as a deer) shown facing forward without a neck: a stag's head caboshed.