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9-letter words containing d, e

  • bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
  • be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
  • be seated — to assume a seated position; sit down
  • be warned — If someone says to you 'be warned', they are advising you to be cautious, because there are risks that you may not have thought about.
  • beachhead — A beachhead is an area of land next to the sea or a river where an attacking force has taken control and can prepare to advance further inland.
  • beachside — situated near a beach
  • bead test — a laboratory test used in the identification of certain metals or metal constituents, in which a bead covered with the material is heated in a flame and cooled to observe its properties.
  • bead tree — Barbados pride (def 1).
  • bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
  • beadblast — a jet of small glass beads blown from a nozzle under air or steam pressure
  • beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
  • 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
  • beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
  • 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 check — an inspection conducted soon after bedtime or during the night, as in a barracks or dormitory, to determine the presence or absence of persons required by regulation to be in bed.
  • bed linen — Bed linen is sheets and pillowcases.
  • bed liner — a stiff, durable plastic lining used to protect the bed and side walls of the cargo space of some pickup trucks
  • bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
  • bed stone — the fixed lower member of a pair of millstones. Compare runner (def 12).
  • 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.
  • bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
  • beddy-bye — bed or bedtime
  • bedecking — Present participle of bedeck.
  • bedehouse — beadhouse
  • bedeviled — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
  • bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
  • bedighted — Simple past tense and past participle of bedight.
  • bedizened — Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
  • bedjacket — A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
  • bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
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