10-letter words containing a, b, d
- bandoleros — Plural form of bandolero.
- bandoliers — Plural form of bandolier.
- bandoneons — Plural form of bandoneon.
- bandstands — Plural form of bandstand.
- bandwaggon — Alt form bandwagon.
- bandwagons — Plural form of bandwagon.
- bandwidths — Plural form of bandwidth.
- bangladesh — a republic in S Asia: formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan; became independent in 1971 after civil war and the defeat of Pakistan by India; consists of the plains and vast deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers; prone to flooding: economy based on jute and jute products (over 70 per cent of world production); a member of the Commonwealth. Language: Bengali. Religion: Muslim. Currency: taka. Capital: Dhaka. Pop: 163 654 860 (2013 est). Area: 142 797 sq km (55 126 sq miles)
- banistered — Simple past tense and past participle of banister.
- bank draft — A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
- bankrolled — money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bar-le-duc — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.
- barbarized — Simple past tense and past participle of barbarize.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bardolater — someone who practises bardolatry
- bardolator — (usually, pejorative) One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare.
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- bare-faced — You use bare-faced to describe someone's behaviour when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly.
- barefooted — Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- barehanded — without weapons, tools, etc
- bareheaded — Someone who is bareheaded is not wearing a hat or any other covering on their head.
- barelegged — having uncovered legs
- barenecked — Having the neck bare.
- bargeboard — a board, often decorated with carved ornaments, placed along the gable end of a roof
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- barn dance — A barn dance is a social event people go to for country dancing.
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- barneveldt — ˈJan van Olden (ˌjɑnˈvɑn ɔldən ) ; yänˌvän ôlˈdən) 1547-1619; Du. statesman & patriot
- barracudas — Plural form of barracuda.
- barramunda — the edible Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, having paddle-like fins and a long body covered with large scales
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- barred owl — a large, North American owl (Strix varia) with bars of brown feathers across the breast
- barrelhead — the round and flat end of a barrel
- barricaded — a defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy.
- barricades — Plural form of barricade.
- bartenders — Plural form of bartender.
- bartending — to serve or work as a bartender.
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- basal disk — the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.
- base speed — a pure pinkish-grey form of the drug amphetamine with a putty-like consistency
- baseboards — Plural form of baseboard.
- basel-land — a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- bastardise — to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- battledore — an ancient racket game