9-letter words containing a, b, d, e
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- by a head — by the length of the animal's head, as in horse racing
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- cabdriver — a taxi driver
- cablelaid — noting a rope formed of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction; hawser-laid.
- cage bird — a pet bird kept in a cage
- cagebirds — Plural form of cagebird.
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- carbamide — urea.
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cedarbird — a type of waxwing native to North America
- cediranib — A potent inhibitor of VEGF receptor tyrosine kinases, under development as a possible anticancer drug.
- chair bed — a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clapbread — a type of cake made from oatmeal
- club deal — a takeover bid in which several private-equity companies form a syndicate to acquire a target company
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- cohabited — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobated — to distill again from the same or a similar substance, as by pouring a distilled liquid back upon the matter remaining in the vessel, or upon another mass of similar matter.
- combatted — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
- cuddlable — Able to be cuddled.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- d'amboise — Jacques [French zhahk] /French ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), (Joseph) born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer.
- dahabeahs — Plural form of dahabeah.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- danceable — appropriate for or conducive to dancing: danceable music.
- dannebrog — the Danish flag
- data base — a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
- databased — Simple past tense and past participle of database.
- databases — Plural form of database.
- date back — If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- dead ball — a way of referring to the ball when it is not in play and cannot be used by any player, usually because it has travelled beyond a boundary line
- dead beat — a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
- dead-beat — If you are dead-beat, you are very tired and have no energy left.
- deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.