11-letter words containing d, o, b
- bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
- bodhisattva — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
- body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
- body colour — a painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones contain white
- body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
- body double — a person who substitutes for a star for the filming of a scene that involves shots of the body rather than the face
- body fluids — fluids in the body such as blood, semen, and saliva
- body horror — a horror film genre in which the main feature is the graphically depicted destruction or degeneration of a human body or bodies
- body lotion — skin lotion for use on the body
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body rhythm — biorhythm.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- body swerve — (esp in football games) the act or an instance of swerving past an opponent
- body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- bodybuilder — A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
- bogged down — If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
- bois-le-duc — French name of 's Hertogenbosch.
- boldhearted — courageous or daring; intrepid.
- bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bondability — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- bonderizing — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bondi beach — a beach in Sydney, Australia, popular with surfers
- bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
- bondservant — a serf or slave
- book-ending — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbindery — a place in which books are bound
- bookbinding — Bookbinding is the work of fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- boondoggler — a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.
- bordelaises — a brown sauce flavored with red wine and shallots and garnished with poached marrow and parsley.
- border line — boundary line; frontier.
- border raid — an incursion by attackers into a neighbouring country
- bored stiff — very bored
- boric oxide — a colorless crystalline compound, B 2 O 3 , used in metallurgy and chemical analysis.
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- bosom buddy — close friend
- boss around — order about
- bottle-feed — If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts.
- bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
- bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
- bottom land — bottom (def 4).
- boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
- boulder dam — Hoover Dam
- boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup