9-letter words containing d, e, r, l
- bandelier — Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840–1914, U.S. anthropologist, archaeologist, and historian, born in Switzerland.
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- barnacled — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- 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
- bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
- bedrabble — to drench or muddy.
- bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- belvedere — a building, such as a summerhouse or roofed gallery, sited to command a fine view
- belvidere — a city in N Illinois.
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blethered — weary
- blinkered — A blinkered view, attitude, or approach is narrow and does not take into account other people's opinions. A blinkered person has this kind of attitude.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- blood red — of the deep-red color of blood: a fiery, blood-red sunset.
- blood-red — Something that is blood-red is bright red in colour.
- blootered — intoxicated; drunk
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- blundered — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- blunderer — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- boardlike — resembling a board
- bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boulderer — a rock climber
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- box elder — a medium-sized fast-growing widely cultivated North American maple, Acer negundo, which has compound leaves with lobed leaflets
- boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breedable — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
- bridewell — a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- broodless — with no brood
- brudenell — James Thomas, the 7th Earl of Cardigan
- bulldozer — A bulldozer is a large vehicle with a broad metal blade at the front, which is used for knocking down buildings or moving large amounts of earth.
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.