7-letter words containing n, d
- bedizen — to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
- bednorz — J(ohannes) Georg [yoh-hah-nuh s gey-awrk] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈgeɪ ɔrk/ (Show IPA), born 1950, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1987.
- bedouin — A Bedouin is a member of a particular Arab tribe.
- bedpans — Plural form of bedpan.
- bedunce — to cause to look or feel foolish
- beinked — being daubed with ink
- belinda — a feminine name: dim. Linda
- bendery — a city in E central Moldavia, SE of Kishinev.
- bendigo — a city in SE Australia, in central Victoria: founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold. Pop: 68 715 (2001)
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- bendlet — a narrow diagonal stripe on a heraldic shield
- bernard — Claude (klod). 1813–78, French physiologist, noted for his research on the action of secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver
- bhoodan — (in India) a socioagricultural movement, started by Vinoba Bhave in 1951, in which village landowners are persuaded to give land to the landless.
- bidding — an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)
- big end — the larger end of a connecting rod in an internal-combustion engine
- bin end — the last bottles in a particular bin
- binders — a person or thing that binds.
- bindery — a place in which books are bound
- binding — A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
- birding — bird-watching
- birdman — a man concerned with birds, such as a fowler or ornithologist
- blading — the act or an instance of skating with in-line skates
- blander — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blandly — If you do something blandly, you do it in a calm and quiet way.
- blaydon — an industrial town in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- blended — made by commercially blending different varieties of the same thing
- blender — A blender is an electrical kitchen appliance used for mixing liquids and soft foods together or turning fruit or vegetables into liquid.
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blinder — If you say that someone such as a sports player or musician has played a blinder, you are emphasizing that they have played something very well.
- blindly — If you say that someone does something blindly, you mean that they do it without having enough information, or without thinking about it.
- blinked — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- blondel — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), (Sieur des Croisettes) 1618–86, French architect.
- blonder — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blondie — Informal. a blond person: All the children were blondies.
- blondin — Charles, real name Jean-François Gravelet. 1824–97, French acrobat and tightrope walker; best known for walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls (1859)
- blunden — Edmund (Charles). 1896–1974, British poet and scholar, noted esp for Undertones of War (1928), a memoir of World War I in verse and prose
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- blunted — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bodhran — shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music
- bodikin — a small body
- bogland — an area of wetland, usually extensive
- bolland — Jean de [French zhahn duh] /French ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), or Johan van [Flemish yoh-hahn vahn] /Flemish yoʊˈhɑn vɑn/ (Show IPA), or John, 1596–1665, Belgian Jesuit hagiographer.
- bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
- bonding — the process by which individuals become emotionally attached to one another
- bondman — a feudal serf
- bondmen — a male slave.
- bonnard — Pierre (pjɛr). 1867–1947, French painter and lithographer, noted for the effects of light and colour in his landscapes and sunlit interiors
- bookend — Bookends are a pair of supports used to hold a row of books in an upright position by placing one at each end of the row.
- borodin — Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set