10-letter words containing nd
- blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- bloodhound — A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- blues band — a band that plays the blues
- blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bond paper — a superior quality of strong white paper, used esp for writing and typing
- bondholder — A bondholder is a person who owns one or more investment bonds.
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- book-ended — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- boondocker — combat boot.
- boondoggle — People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
- boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- bound form — a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated. Compare free form (def 2).
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bow window — a bay window in the shape of a curve
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
- brand nazi — a person who insists on buying one particular brand of clothing or other commodity
- brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brass band — A brass band is a band that is made up of brass and percussion instruments.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- brigandish — a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- brundisium — Brindisi
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- bundle off — If someone is bundled off somewhere, they are sent there or taken there in a hurry.
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
- buttondown — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- cable bend — a knot or clinch for attaching a cable to an anchor or mooring post.
- cackhanded — left-handed
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae