10-letter words containing d, o, b, l, i
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- build down — a process for reducing armaments, especially the number of nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., by eliminating several older weapons for each new one that is deployed.
- build into — to make (something) a definite part of (a contract, agreement, etc)
- build-down — a gradual decrease in nuclear weapons, armed forces, etc., esp. by an agreement in which a smaller number of newer weapons would replace older ones
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- colorblind — unable to perceive colors or to distinguish between certain colors, as red and green
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- confidable — Able to be entrusted with secrets, or private information.
- corrodible — Readily corroded.
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- diabolical — If you describe something as diabolical, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant.
- diabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of diabolize.
- dialog box — A dialog box is a small area containing information or questions that appears on a computer screen when you are performing particular operations.
- diplobiont — an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle
- discobolus — A discus thrower.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disennoble — to deprive of nobility
- disobliged — to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- disobliges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disoblige.
- disposable — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disselboom — One of the poles supporting a wagon.
- dissoluble — capable of being dissolved: tablets dissoluble in water.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- docibility — the capacity to be taught easily; docility
- dollarbird — a common roller, Eurystomus orientalis, of Asia and Australia, having on its wings a silvery spot the size of a dollar.
- double dip — In economics, a double dip is a period when an economy goes into recession, then briefly recovers, but then goes into another recession.
- double-dip — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
- doublewide — Alternative spelling of double-wide.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- dronabinol — Synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol.
- fiddle bow — a bow with which the strings of the violin or a similar instrument are set in vibration.
- fieldboots — knee-length boots
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.