9-letter words containing l, a, d
- blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blackland — an area of dark peaty soil
- blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladeless — without a blade
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- bland out — to become bland
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- blizzardy — characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard
- 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
- blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
- bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
- bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
- bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
- bobtailed — having the tail cut short
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- boundable — able to be bound or limited
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breedable — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams