8-letter words containing d, o, b
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- bluewood — a kind of shrub of the buckthorn family, Condalia obovata, found in Texas and northern Mexico
- boadicea — Boudicca
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boardman — a member of a board
- boat bed — a bed of the Empire period having raised ends terminating in outward scrolls.
- boatload — A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- 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)
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- bodingly — in a boding manner
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- body bag — A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident.
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- body rub — massage.
- body-con — a style of skintight clothing that emphasizes the contours of the body
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- bodywork — The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it.
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bolloxed — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
- bombload — (of a vehicle of war) the quantity of bombs being carried or able to be carried
- bombycid — any moth, including the silkworm moth, of the family Bombycidae, most of which occur in Africa and SE Asia
- 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
- bone dry — If you say that something is bone dry, you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed.
- bone-dry — very dry.