9-letter words containing l, d
- 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.
- bradlaugh — Charles. 1833–91, British radical and freethinker: barred from taking his seat in parliament (1880–86) for refusing to take the parliamentary oath
- brandless — having or displaying no brand
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- breadless — without bread; without food
- breadline — Someone who is on the breadline is very poor indeed.
- breedable — to produce (offspring); procreate; engender.
- bridewell — a house of correction; jail, esp for minor offences
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- 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
- brudenell — James Thomas, the 7th Earl of Cardigan
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- bud scale — one of the hard protective sometimes hairy or resinous specialized leaves surrounding the buds of certain plants, such as the rhododendron
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.