8-letter words containing a, b, e
- bejabers — by Jesus!
- belabour — If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
- belamour — a beloved person
- belandre — bilander.
- belaunde — Fernando [fer-nahn-daw] /fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fernando Belaúnde Terry) 1913?–2002, Peruvian architect and statesman: president 1963–68, 1980–85.
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- bell jar — a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect flower arrangements or fragile ornaments or to cover apparatus in experiments, esp to prevent gases escaping
- bell lap — the final lap in a race of repeated circuits, signaled by the ringing of a bell.
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- bellmawr — a borough in SW New Jersey.
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- belt man — a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- bemadden — to cause to become mad
- bemoaned — to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- benchman — a person whose job requires sitting at a workbench: The TV repair shop employs five benchmen.
- bendable — 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.
- benefact — to be a benefactor to
- bengalee — a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- benjamin — the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:16–18; 42:4)
- bensalem — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 58,000
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- benzoate — any salt or ester of benzoic acid, containing the group C6H5COO– or the ion C6H5COO–
- bepraise — to praise highly
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- berachah — berakhah.
- berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
- beranger — Pierre-Jean de (pjɛr ʒɑ̃ də). 1780–1857, French lyric and satirical poet
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- berdache — a Native American transvestite
- berdyaev — Nikoˈlai (Aleksandrovich) (nikɔˈlaɪ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ) 1874-1948; Russ. religious philosopher, in France after 1922
- bereaved — A bereaved person is one who has a relative or close friend who has recently died.
- bereaver — a person who bereaves
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- bergerac — Savinien Cyrano de [sav-in-yen sir-uh-noh duh;; French sa-vee-nyan see-ra-naw duh] /ˌsæv ɪnˈyɛn ˈsɪr əˌnoʊ də;; French sa viˈnyɛ̃ si raˈnɔ də/ (Show IPA), 1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.
- bergfall — an avalanche
- berimbau — a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)