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9-letter words containing d, e, a

  • beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
  • beadledom — petty officialdom
  • beady eye — keen watchfulness that may be somewhat hostile
  • beam wind — a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.
  • beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
  • bean curd — Bean curd is a soft white or brown food made from soya beans.
  • bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
  • bear raid — an attempt to force down the price of a security or commodity by sustained selling
  • beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
  • 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
  • beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
  • beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
  • beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
  • beatified — to make blissfully happy.
  • beatitude — supreme blessedness or happiness
  • bed board — a thin, stiff board placed on a bed under the mattress to lend added support for the body
  • bed chair — an adjustable frame for assisting invalids to sit up in bed.
  • 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.
  • bed-stand — night table.
  • bedaubing — Present participle of bedaub.
  • 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.
  • bedjacket — A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
  • 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
  • bedspread — A bedspread is a decorative cover which is put over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
  • bedsteads — Plural form of bedstead.
  • bedstraws — Plural form of bedstraw.
  • bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
  • bee bread — a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
  • bee-bread — a mixture of pollen and honey stored by bees and fed to their young.
  • beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
  • beeswaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of beeswax.
  • beggardom — beggary (def 2).
  • beheading — the action of decapitating someone
  • 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
  • bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
  • berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
  • berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)
  • bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
  • bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
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