9-letter words containing a, b, d, e
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell toad — a frog, Ascaphus truei, of the northwestern U.S. and adjacent Canada, the male of which has its cloaca modified into a taillike copulatory organ.
- bellyband — a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle
- bemedaled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- benchland — a stretch of level ground at the foot of mountains
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- berdyayev — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1874–1948, Russian philosopher. Although he was a Marxist, his Christian views led him to criticize Soviet communism and he was forced into exile (1922)
- bergander — a species of European duck; sheldrake
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- bernhardi — Friedrich A. J. von [free-drikh fuh n] /ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1849–1930, German general.
- bernhardt — Sarah. original name Rosine Bernard. 1844–1923, French actress, regarded as one of the greatest tragic actresses of all time
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- bezoardic — relating to bezoar
- bi-endian — Silicon schizophrenia. Processors and other chips that have can be switched to work in big-endian or little-endian mode. The PowerPC chip has this ability, which allows it to run the little-endian Windows NT, or the big-endian Mac OS/PPC.
- bicaudate — having two tails or taillike appendages.
- bidentate — having two teeth or toothlike parts or processes
- bierstadt — Albert1830-1902; U.S. painter, born in Germany
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- big media — the mainstream media, as television and newspapers: blogs that compete with big media.
- bigheaded — Informal. an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
- biguanide — any of a class of compounds some of which are used in the treatment of certain forms of diabetes
- bile acid — any of various steroid acids, produced in the liver and stored with bile, that emulsify fats during digestion.
- bin laden — Osama (əʊˈsɑːmə). 1957–2011, Saudi-born leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network: presumed architect of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington of September 11 2001. Killed by US Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- bipedally — in a bipedal manner
- bird cage — metal enclosure for a bird
- birthdate — Your birthdate is the same as your date of birth.
- bit decay — bit rot
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- blackbead — cat's-claw.
- blackened — having been cooked until a very dark or black colour
- blackhead — Blackheads are small, dark spots on someone's skin caused by blocked pores.
- blacklead — to colour or rub with black lead
- blackweed — the common ragweed.
- bladdered — intoxicated; drunk
- bladebone — the scapula, or shoulder blade.
- bladeless — without a blade
- bladelike — resembling a blade
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing
- blandness — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- bleasdale — Alan. born 1946, British playwright, best known for his television series The Boys From the Blackstuff (1983) and GBH (1991)
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blockhead — a stupid person
- 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
- bluebeard — a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
- blunthead — a frequent recreational user of marijuana
- boardlike — resembling a board
- boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept