8-letter words containing a, b, d
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- basidium — the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- basswood — any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana
- bastards — Plural form of bastard.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- bastides — Plural form of bastide.
- battened — Simple past tense and past participle of batten.
- battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
- batucada — A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba.
- baudekin — baldachin
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- bayadere — a dancing girl, esp one serving in a Hindu temple
- be ahead — to have an advantage; be winning
- be arsed — to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed)
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- beakhead — (nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
- beancurd — Alternative spelling of bean curd.
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bearward — a bear keeper
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beavered — Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
- becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bedabble — to make wet or damp in such a way as to make dirty or untidy
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedaubed — Simple past tense and past participle of bedaub.
- bedazzle — to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- beddable — sexually attractive
- bedeafen — to deafen
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- bedesman — beadsman