8-letter words containing a, b, d, u
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- jug band — a small group of performers who play chiefly blues or folk music on makeshift or very simple instruments, as washboards, harmonicas, kazoos, and empty jugs, the latter being played by blowing across the openings.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- laudable — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- laudably — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- mud bath — skin treatment: soaking in mud
- mud crab — a large edible crab, Scylla serrata, of Australian mangrove regions
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mudbaths — Plural form of mudbath.
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- pub date — publication date.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quebrada — Southwestern U.S. a ravine.
- radium b — an isotope of lead, formed by decay of radium A, that gives rise to radium C, which is an isotope of bismuth, from which radium D, radium E, and radium F, or polonium 210, are derived.
- rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sandburr — a variety of wild grass
- shadbush — the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- subacrid — slightly acrid
- subadult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subdural — of or relating to the dura mater.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subgrade — the prepared earth surface on which a pavement or the ballast of a railroad track is placed or upon which the foundation of a structure is built.
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- superbad — exceptionally bad
- surbased — having a surbase.
- toad bug — any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.
- turbaned — a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
- umbrated — drawn in a faint or shaded manner
- unabased — (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.
- unabated — with undiminished force, power, or vigor.
- unabused — not abused or mistreated physically or verbally
- unbacked — without backing or support.
- unbagged — not bagged or put in a bag
- unbaited — (of a trap) not baited or filled with bait
- unbanded — not fastened with a band
- unbanked — not having been banked or protected with a bank
- unbanned — to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.