8-letter words containing d, o, b
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- deed box — a lockable metal box for storing documents
- demibold — Semibold.
- demobbed — When soldiers are demobbed, they are released from the armed forces.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- diabolic — Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil.
- diabolos — Plural form of diabolo.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- disbosom — to reveal; confess.
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.
- disobeys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disobey.
- disorbed — thrown out of orbit
- disrobed — Simple past tense and past participle of disrobe.
- disrobes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrobe.
- divebomb — (of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
- djibouti — Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. a republic in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 sq. mi. (21,994 sq. km). Capital: Djibouti.
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- dobrynin — Anatoly F(edorovich) [an-uh-toh-lee fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1919–2010, Russian diplomat.
- dogberry — the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- dogsbody — a menial worker; drudge.
- doorbell — a bell chime, or the like, at a door or connected with a door, rung by persons outside wanting someone inside to open the door.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- doorknob — the handle or knob by which a door is opened or closed.
- dornbirn — a city in W Austria, in Vorarlberg. Pop: 42 301 (2001)
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- double x — James Emory ("Jimmie"; "Double X"; "The Beast") 1907–67, U.S. baseball player.
- double-o — careful scrutiny or close inspection.
- double-u — the letter w.
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doublets — Plural form of doublet.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubloon — a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- down-bow — (in bowing on a stringed instrument) a stroke bringing the tip of the bow toward the strings, indicated in scores by the symbol (opposed to up-bow).
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- dowsabel — sweetheart.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drop box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- drop-box — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dubonnet — (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- dukhobor — Doukhobor.