8-letter words containing u, d, o
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- bluewood — a kind of shrub of the buckthorn family, Condalia obovata, found in Texas and northern Mexico
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- body rub — massage.
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- borujerd — city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- bouderie — sulkiness, pouting
- boudeuse — a sofa or settee, usually upholstered, having two seats with a common backrest between them.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bounding — under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
- bountied — offering a bounty.
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- budgerow — a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- bunodont — (of the teeth of certain mammals) having cusps that are separate and rounded
- 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.
- busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
- buy-down — a subsidy for a long-term mortgage offered by a third party, as a builder or developer, to lower interest rates for a buyer in the early years of the loan.
- 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.
- caducous — (of parts of a plant or animal) shed during the life of the organism
- caroused — Simple past tense and past participle of carouse.
- caudillo — (in Spanish-speaking countries) a military or political leader
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- cloudlet — a small cloud
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coendure — to endure together
- coked-up — showing the effects of having taken cocaine
- cold cut — Usually, cold cuts. slices of unheated salami, bologna, ham, liverwurst, turkey, or other meats and sometimes cheeses.
- colluded — Simple past tense and past participle of collude.
- colluder — to act together through a secret understanding, especially with evil or harmful intent.
- colludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collude.
- coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types