8-letter words containing d, n, e
- awakened — Rouse from sleep; cause to stop sleeping.
- awninged — sheltered by or covered with an awning
- back end — autumn
- back-end — (programming) Any software performing either the final stage in a process, or a task not apparent to the user. A common usage is in a compiler. A compiler's back-end generates machine language and performs optimisations specific to the machine's architecture. The term can also be used in the context of network applications. E.g. "The back-end of the system handles socket protocols". Contrast front end.
- backbend — a gymnastic exercise in which the trunk is bent backwards until the hands touch the floor
- backends — Plural form of backend.
- bad news — someone or something regarded as undesirable
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- badinage — Badinage is humorous or light-hearted conversation that often involves teasing someone.
- baladine — a theatrical dancer or stage buffoon
- balanced — A balanced report, book, or other document takes into account all the different opinions on something and presents information in a fair and reasonable way.
- baldness — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- bandaged — Simple past tense and past participle of bandage.
- bandager — someone who bandages
- bandages — Plural form of bandage.
- bandeaux — Plural form of bandeau.
- bandeira — an expedition in search of gold or slaves
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- bandello — Matteo [maht-te-aw] /mɑtˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1485–1561, Italian ecclesiastic and author.
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- bandmate — a fellow member of a band
- bandoeng — Bandung.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bandsmen — Plural form of bandsman.
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- banjaxed — destroyed or ruined
- bankhead — Tallulah (Brockman). 1902–68, US stage and film actress; her successes included the plays The Little Foxes (1939) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- bannered — Decorated with a banner or banners.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
- barehand — to field (the ball) with one's bare hands rather than one's glove
- bareland — (of a croft) having no house attached
- baseband — a transmission technique using a narrow range of frequencies that allows only one message to be telecommunicated at a time
- battened — Simple past tense and past participle of batten.
- baudekin — baldachin
- be dying — to be eager or desperate (for something or to do something)
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.