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9-letter words containing d, o

  • bed stone — the fixed lower member of a pair of millstones. Compare runner (def 12).
  • bedcovers — Plural form of bedcover.
  • bedehouse — beadhouse
  • bedfellow — You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way.
  • bedroomed — (When preceded by a number) Having the indicated number of bedrooms.
  • beechwood — wood from a beech tree
  • beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
  • beggardom — beggary (def 2).
  • begoggled — wearing goggles
  • beholding — to observe; look at; see.
  • belemnoid — shaped like a dart
  • bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
  • belt down — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • bench dog — a dog on exhibit at a dog show before and after competition in the show ring.
  • benzenoid — similar to benzene
  • beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
  • betrothed — If you are betrothed to someone, you have agreed to marry them.
  • bezoardic — relating to bezoar
  • biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
  • bifocaled — wearing bifocals
  • big board — the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
  • big-boned — having bones that are unusually massive
  • bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
  • billboard — A billboard is a very large board on which posters are displayed.
  • bimotored — having two engines.
  • bind over — If someone is bound over by a court or a judge, they are given an order and must do as the order says for a particular period of time.
  • biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
  • biofueled — running on biofuel
  • biohazard — material of biological origin that is hazardous to humans
  • biosolids — semisolid or solid organic material obtained from the recycling of sewage, used esp as a fertilizer
  • bioturbed — stirred by organisms
  • bird food — a mixture of seeds, grains, nuts, etc, suitable for birds to eat
  • bird shot — small-sized shot used for shooting birds.
  • birdhouse — a small shelter or box for birds to nest in
  • bishopdom — the jurisdiction of a bishop
  • black dog — depression or melancholy
  • black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
  • bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
  • bland out — to become bland
  • bleed out — to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound
  • blennioid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Blennioidea, a large suborder of small mainly marine spiny-finned fishes having an elongated body with reduced pelvic fins. The group includes the blennies, butterfish, and gunnel
  • blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
  • blindworm — a legless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of the Old World; slowworm: it has very small eyes and a snakelike body that is usually brownish
  • blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
  • blockhead — a stupid person
  • blondness — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
  • blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
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