8-letter words containing d, n, o
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- 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.
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- beholden — If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.
- belmondo — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pol). born 1933, French film actor
- belonged — to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed by to): He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
- belonoid — needlelike; styloid.
- bemoaned — to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- bentwood — wood bent in moulds after being heated by steaming, used mainly for furniture
- bid bond — a bond that guarantees the fulfilment of an offer or bid if it is accepted
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blondine — (of a woman) to dye (one's hair) blonde
- blonding — the act or an instance of dyeing hair blonde
- blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- bloodfin — a silvery red-finned South American freshwater fish, Aphyocharax rubripinnis: a popular aquarium fish: family Characidae (characins)
- blooding — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
- blowdown — an accident in a nuclear reactor in which a cooling pipe bursts causing the loss of essential coolant
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boardman — a member of a board
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- bodement — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
- bodensee — Constance2 (sense 2)
- bodingly — in a boding manner
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- body-con — a style of skintight clothing that emphasizes the contours of the body
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bona dea — an ancient Roman goddess of chastity and fertility.
- bonafide — made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
- bondable — able to be bonded, fastened, or secured
- bondager — someone who performs bondservice; a bondman
- bondages — slavery or involuntary servitude; serfdom.
- bondless — without bonds, unrestrained
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bondsmen — a person who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bone bed — a sediment containing large quantities of fossilized animal remains, such as bones, teeth, scales, etc