9-letter words containing o, d, e
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- autoguide — a traffic information transmission system designed to stop congestion
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- automated — An automated factory, office, or industrial process uses machines to do the work instead of people.
- automized — Simple past tense and past participle of automize.
- autopsied — inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
- avocadoes — Alternative spelling of avocados Plural form of avocado.
- avoidable — Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening.
- avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- azoic dye — any of a group of brilliant, long-lasting azo dyes, formed on the fiber by coupling diazotized materials, used chiefly for printing on cotton.
- backboned — With a strong spine.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakegoods — baked goods, as bread, cakes, or pies.
- balconied — That has a balcony attached.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- ballooned — Simple past tense and past participle of balloon.
- ballotade — a movement similar to a croupade except that the horse draws in its hind legs so that the iron of the shoes is visible.
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.
- bandalore — an old-fashioned type of yo-yo
- bandboxes — Plural form of bandbox.
- banderole — a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- bandoleer — a broad belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest, with pockets for carrying ammunition, etc.
- bandolero — a highwayman; a robber
- bandolier — a soldier's broad shoulder belt having small pockets or loops for cartridges
- bandoline — a glutinous hair dressing, used (esp formerly) to keep the hair in place
- bandoneon — a type of square concertina, esp used in Argentina
- bareboned — short of resources
- barhopped — Simple past tense and past participle of barhop.
- base load — the more or less constant part of the total load on an electrical power-supply system
- baseboard — A baseboard is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beadhouse — an almshouse in which inhabitants were expected to pray for the soul of the founder
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- bear down — If someone or something bears down on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way.
- beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat-down — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
- bed board — a thin, stiff board placed on a bed under the mattress to lend added support for the body
- 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.