10-letter words containing s, d, a
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- bartenders — Plural form of bartender.
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- basal disk — the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.
- base speed — a pure pinkish-grey form of the drug amphetamine with a putty-like consistency
- baseboards — Plural form of baseboard.
- basel-land — a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- beachheads — Plural form of beachhead.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- beatitudes — supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- bespangled — covered or adorned with or as if with spangles or jewels
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- big rapids — a town in central Michigan.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bird grass — rough bluegrass
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- blacklands — an area of fertile soil in Texas
- blade slap — the regular noise beat generated by the rotor blades of a helicopter
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- 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
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bode's law — an empirical rule relating the distances of the planets from the sun, based on the numerical sequence 0, 3, 6, 12, 24,…. Adding 4 to each number and dividing by 10 gives the sequence 0.4, 0.7, 1, 1.6, 2.8,…, which is a reasonable representation of distances in astronomical units for most planets if the minor planets are counted as a single entity at 2.8
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- 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.
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms