10-letter words containing r, o, d, b
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- beribboned — adorned with ribbons
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- billfolder — billfold.
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- biodegrade — to decompose (something)
- biodiverse — containing a wide variety of plant and animal species
- 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
- 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
- blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- bladderpod — any of several plants belonging to the genera Alyssoides and Lesquerella, of the mustard family, having inflated seed pods.
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blind door — a door having louvers permitting circulation of air.
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- blood work — a blood test or blood tests collectively.
- blow dryer — a handheld hair dryer
- blow-dried — dried using hairdryer
- blow-dryer — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance that dries hair by emitting a stream of warm air.
- board foot — a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick
- board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
- board rule — a measuring device for estimating the number of board feet in a quantity of wood
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- boarded-up — with windows and doors covered with boards for security
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- bobsledder — a person who bobsleds
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- body armor — Body armor is special protective clothing that people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- body forth — to give shape or form to
- body odour — Body odour is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
- body scrub — a product designed to exfoliate the skin
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
- 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