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9-letter words containing l, d, o

  • bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
  • blootered — intoxicated; drunk
  • blossomed — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
  • blow down — to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected
  • blow mold — a hinged mold for shaping molten glass during blowing.
  • blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
  • blue mold — any of various species of a fungus (genus Penicillium) that produce bluish masses of spores: some species yield penicillin and some are used to ripen certain cheeses
  • blueblood — an aristocratic person
  • boardlike — resembling a board
  • boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
  • bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
  • body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
  • body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
  • body cell — somatic cell.
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
  • body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
  • body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
  • bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
  • boieldieu — François Adrien [frahn-swa a-dree-an] /frɑ̃ˈswa a driˈɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1775–1834, French composer.
  • boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
  • bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
  • bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a dictionary
  • bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
  • boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
  • bollywood — the Indian film industry
  • bolstered — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
  • bolt down — fasten, secure sth
  • bondslave — a person held in bondage.
  • bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
  • bordelais — a wine-growing region in SW France, in Gironde.
  • botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
  • boulderer — a rock climber
  • boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
  • boundable — able to be bound or limited
  • boundedly — having bounds or limits.
  • boundless — If you describe something as boundless, you mean that there seems to be no end or limit to it.
  • bowlegged — having bowlegs
  • box elder — a medium-sized fast-growing widely cultivated North American maple, Acer negundo, which has compound leaves with lobed leaflets
  • boxholder — a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.
  • broadbill — any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
  • broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
  • broadline — a company that deals in high volume at the cheaper end of a product line
  • broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
  • broadtail — the highly valued black wavy fur obtained from the skins of newly born karakul lambs; caracul
  • bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
  • bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
  • broodless — with no brood
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