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9-letter words containing od

  • beasthood — the state of beasts, the condition of being a beast
  • beechwood — wood from a beech tree
  • biodiesel — Biodiesel is fuel made from natural sources such as plant oils, that can be used in diesel engines.
  • bird food — a mixture of seeds, grains, nuts, etc, suitable for birds to eat
  • black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
  • blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  • blackwood — a tall Australian acacia tree, A. melanoxylon, having small clusters of flowers and curved pods and yielding highly valued black timber
  • blood gas — a gas, as oxygen or carbon dioxide, that is dissolved in plasma.
  • blood red — of the deep-red color of blood: a fiery, blood-red sunset.
  • blood-red — Something that is blood-red is bright red in colour.
  • bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
  • bloodgate — an incident during the 2010 Heineken Cup quarter-final in which winger Tom Williams faked a bleeding mouth injury to create a substitution opportunity for his team, the Harlequins
  • bloodless — A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed.
  • bloodlike — resembling blood
  • bloodline — A person's bloodline is their ancestors over many generations, and the characteristics they are believed to have inherited from these ancestors.
  • bloodlust — If you say that someone is driven by a bloodlust, you mean that they are acting in an extremely violent way because their emotions have been aroused by the events around them.
  • bloodnoun — a bullfrog, especially Rana catesbeiana.
  • bloodroot — a North American papaveraceous plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, having a single whitish flower and a fleshy red root that yields a red dye
  • bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
  • bloodshot — If your eyes are bloodshot, the parts that are usually white are red or pink. Your eyes can be bloodshot for a variety of reasons, for example because you are tired or you have drunk too much alcohol.
  • bloodwood — any of several species of Australian eucalyptus that exude a red sap
  • bloodworm — the red wormlike aquatic larva of the midge, Chironomus plumosus, which lives at the bottom of stagnant pools and ditches
  • bloodwort — a name given to a number of plants which have red leaves or roots, or which are popularly considered either to draw blood or to reduce bleeding
  • blueblood — an aristocratic person
  • boda-boda — a bicycle taxi
  • bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
  • bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
  • bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
  • bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
  • bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
  • body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
  • body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
  • body cell — somatic cell.
  • body copy — the main part of an advertisement, as opposed to headlines, etc
  • body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
  • body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
  • body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
  • body mike — a microphone attached to the body
  • body odor — Body odor is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
  • body part — a part of a human body
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • body shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
  • body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
  • body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
  • body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
  • body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
  • body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
  • body-mike — to equip with a body mike: The star was body-miked, but he was still inaudible.
  • body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
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