10-letter words containing d, e, r, s
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- be friends — to be friendly (with)
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- bed-sitter — a combination bedroom and sitting room.
- bedpresser — an overweight, idle person, who exerts a great deal of pressure on their bed
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bescreened — screen (def 17).
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- bird's-eye — seen or photographed from high above
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
- 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
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- bridesmaid — A bridesmaid is a woman or a girl who helps and accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- bridlewise — (of a horse) obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- broodiness — moody; gloomy.
- bubs grade — a baby
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- by degrees — If something happens by degrees, it happens slowly and gradually.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.