10-letter words containing o, d, i
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- biofuelled — running on biofuel
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bird louse — any of an order (Mallophaga) of small, wingless insects with biting mouthparts, that live as external parasites on birds
- birddogged — characterized by being pursued with determination
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- bitterwood — any of several simaroubaceous trees of the genus Picrasma of S and SE Asia and the Caribbean, whose bitter bark and wood are used in medicine as a substitute for quassia
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind hole — a hole whose green cannot be seen by the approaching golfer because of trees or other obstructions.
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- bloodguilt — guilt of murder or shedding blood
- bloodiness — the state of being bloody
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- blow-dried — dried using hairdryer
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
- bosun bird — tropic bird.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right