10-letter words containing d, o, a, b, l, e
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- deportable — liable to deportation
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- do a melba — to make repeated farewell appearances
- dodge ball — a circle game in which players throw an inflated ball at opponents within the circle who try to avoid being hit, and therefore eliminated, the winner being the one who remains unhit.
- double act — Two comedians or entertainers who perform together are referred to as a double act. Their performance can also be called a double act.
- double bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- double day — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- double tap — an act of firing a gun twice in rapid succession
- drop cable — Wiring between a computer and its Ethernet transceiver. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m.
- drop table — a tabletop hinged to a wall, held in a horizontal position by a bracket while in use.
- emblazoned — Simple past tense and past participle of emblazon.
- endorsable — (legal, of a driving offence) Leading to endorsement of one's driving licence with penalty points.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- globalised — Simple past tense and past participle of globalise.
- globalized — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- lead block — any block that alters the direction of a rope; fairlead.
- lear board — (on a sloping roof) a board laid next to the gutter to receive the turned-up edge of the metal lining.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- loaf bread — commercially baked bread; store-bought bread.
- loan-blend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- love beads — a necklace of small, often handmade beads, worn as a symbol of peace and goodwill, especially in the 1960s.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- microblade — bladelet.
- modifiable — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- mothballed — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- nondurable — not resistant to wear, decay, etc.; not sturdy: nondurable fabrics.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- offendable — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- old bailey — the main criminal court of London, England.
- olive drab — a deep olive color.
- oracle rdb — (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
- ordainable — able to be ordained
- oxidizable — able to be oxidized
- paddle box — a structure enclosing a paddle wheel.
- paddleboat — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel.