8-letter words containing o, r, d
- borodino — a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army
- borujerd — city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000
- bothered — worried or concerned
- botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- bouderie — sulkiness, pouting
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- bowrider — a motorboat with an open bow provided with seating.
- boxboard — a tough paperboard made from wood and wastepaper pulp: used for making boxes, etc
- boyd orr — John, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns. 1880–1971, Scottish biologist; director general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: Nobel peace prize 1949
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breadbox — A breadbox is the same as a bread bin.
- broached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- broadaxe — a type of axe with a large blade
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadish — fairly broad
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- brocaded — fabric woven with an elaborate design, especially one having a raised overall pattern.
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- broidery — a piece of embroidery
- brokered — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- broodily — in a broody manner
- brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- brossard — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- browband — the strap of a horse's bridle that goes across the forehead
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
- burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- buzzword — A buzzword is a word or expression that has become fashionable in a particular field and is being used a lot by the media.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
- capeador — a person who assists a matador by harassing or distracting the bull with a red cape, or capa.
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- carboard — (slang) A sport where a rider is towed behind a vehicle. In many ways it encompasses a lot of the aspects of winching in that it has a 'go anywhere' approach. It can in essence occur behind any vehicle assuming that it has sufficient horse power, torque and traction, but the most popular vehicles remain four wheel drives and tractors.
- cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
- cardamon — the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.
- cardioid — a heart-shaped curve generated by a fixed point on a circle as it rolls around another fixed circle of equal radius, a. Equation: r = a(1 – cos φ), where r is the radius vector and φ is the polar angle
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- cartload — the amount a cart can hold