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10-letter words containing d, e, b, n

  • blind date — A blind date is an arrangement made for you to spend a romantic evening with someone you have never met before.
  • blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
  • blind seed — a disease of ryegrass, characterized by shriveled, soft seeds, caused by a fungus, Phialea temulenta.
  • blind side — the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
  • blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
  • blind-side — the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
  • blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
  • bloodiness — the state of being bloody
  • bloodstone — a dark-green variety of chalcedony with red spots: used as a gemstone
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blues band — a band that plays the blues
  • blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
  • bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
  • bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
  • bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
  • bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
  • boneheaded — a foolish or stupid person; blockhead.
  • bonnethead — a hammerhead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, found in shallow waters from Brazil to Massachusetts, having a spade-shaped head.
  • book-ended — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
  • bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
  • boondocker — combat boot.
  • boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
  • boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
  • borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
  • borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
  • bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
  • bouncedown — an occasion of restarting play by the umpire bouncing the ball
  • boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
  • bowed down — weighed down; troubled
  • bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
  • boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
  • brain-dead — If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death.
  • brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
  • brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
  • brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
  • brandering — furring (def 4b).
  • brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
  • brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
  • bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
  • breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • break wind — to emit wind from the anus
  • breakdance — to perform break dancing.
  • brian reid — (person)   The person who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with John Gilmore.
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • brigandage — plundering by brigands
  • brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
  • broad bean — Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.
  • broodiness — moody; gloomy.
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