8-letter words containing b, i, o, d
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- borodino — a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army
- botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
- bouderie — sulkiness, pouting
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bounding — under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
- bountied — offering a bounty.
- bourride — a Mediterranean fish soup flavoured with aioli
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- bowrider — a motorboat with an open bow provided with seating.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- broadish — fairly broad
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- broidery — a piece of embroidery
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- broodily — in a broody manner
- brooding — Brooding is used to describe an atmosphere or feeling that makes you feel anxious or slightly afraid.
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- burdizzo — a surgical instrument used to castrate animals
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- cockbird — a male bird
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- comorbid — (of an illness or condition) happening at the same time as another illness or condition
- cowbirds — Plural form of cowbird.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- de-orbit — the act of leaving orbit
- debation — Debating.
- debitors — a debtor.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- demibold — Semibold.
- diabolic — Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil.
- diabolos — Plural form of diabolo.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- disbosom — to reveal; confess.
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- disbowel — (rare) To disembowel.
- disobeys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disobey.
- disorbed — thrown out of orbit
- disrobed — Simple past tense and past participle of disrobe.
- disrobes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrobe.
- divebomb — (of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
- djibouti — Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. a republic in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 sq. mi. (21,994 sq. km). Capital: Djibouti.
- dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
- dobrynin — Anatoly F(edorovich) [an-uh-toh-lee fyaw-duh-roh-vich;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˌæn əˈtoʊ li ˌfyɔ dəˈroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1919–2010, Russian diplomat.
- dornbirn — a city in W Austria, in Vorarlberg. Pop: 42 301 (2001)