10-letter words containing r, d, b
- 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
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bongo drum — small hand drum
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
- boondocker — combat boot.
- bootloader — a bootstrap loader
- borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- 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
- bound form — a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated. Compare free form (def 2).
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bow rudder — (in canoeing) a technique in which a paddler in the bow holds the paddle at an angle from the side of the bow, using it as a rudder to steer.
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- box girder — a girder that is hollow and square or rectangular in shape
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brain-dead — If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death.
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.