9-letter words containing d, l, s
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- backlands — Plural form of backland.
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- bad lands — a deeply eroded barren region of SW South Dakota and NW Nebraska
- badgeless — without a badge
- baldheads — Plural form of baldhead.
- balladist — someone who composes or performs ballads
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- balsawood — The wood of the balsa tree.
- band list — a list of Canadian Indians formally recognized as belonging to a band
- bandshell — a type of bandstand enclosed at the back
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- 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.
- 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
- bedazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedazzle.
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedplates — Plural form of bedplate.
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- bensulide — a selective preemergence herbicide, C 14 H 24 O 4 NPS 3 , used primarily to control crabgrass and broadleaf weeds.
- billiards — Billiards is a game played on a large table, in which you use a long stick called a cue to hit balls against each other or into pockets around the sides of the table.
- biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
- biosolids — semisolid or solid organic material obtained from the recycling of sewage, used esp as a fertilizer
- bisulfide — disulfide
- bladeless — without a blade
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- blemished — You use blemished to describe something such as someone's skin or a piece of fruit when its appearance is spoiled by small marks.
- blessedly — consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
- blindfish — any of various small fishes, esp the cavefish, that have rudimentary or functionless eyes and occur in subterranean streams
- blindless — (of a window) not being fitted with a blind
- blindness — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blindside — If you say that you were blindsided by something, you mean that it surprised you in a negative way.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- blondness — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
- bloodlust — If you say that someone is driven by a bloodlust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- bloodshot — If your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol.
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blossomed — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- blustered — to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling