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

  • blow-dryer — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance that dries hair by emitting a stream of warm air.
  • bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
  • blue blood — If you say that someone has blue blood, you mean that they are from a family that has a high social rank.
  • blue mould — any fungus of the genus Penicillium that forms a bluish mass on decaying food, leather, etc
  • board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
  • board rule — a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
  • board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
  • boarded-up — with windows and doors covered with boards for security
  • bobblehead — a collectable doll with a bobbing oversized head representing a celebrity or a cartoon character
  • bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
  • bode's law — an empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun, based on the numerical sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24,…. Adding 4 to each number and dividing by 10 gives the sequence 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8,…, which is a reasonable representation of distances in astronomical units for most planets if the minor planets are counted as a single entity at 2.8
  • bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
  • body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
  • body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
  • body louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
  • bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
  • bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
  • bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
  • bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
  • boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
  • boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
  • bold-faced — confident or impudent
  • boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
  • bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
  • bombed out — destroyed or severely damaged by or as by bombing: a bombed-out village; a bombed-out economy.
  • bombed-out — A bombed-out building has been damaged or destroyed by a bomb.
  • 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.
  • bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
  • 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.
  • boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
  • bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
  • bootloader — a bootstrap loader
  • boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
  • borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
  • bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
  • border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
  • bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
  • 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.
  • borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
  • borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
  • boss-tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
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