8-letter words containing a, b, i
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atosiban — (medicine) A medication, that inhibits oxytocin and vasopressin, used to halt premature labour.
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- autobiog — autobiography.
- baathism — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babbitts — Plural form of babbitt.
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- babi yar — a ravine near Kiev, U.S.S.R.: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- baby oil — oil for babies' skin
- baby-sit — to act or work as a baby-sitter
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- babykins — Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover.
- babylike — Resembling a baby, or something associated with a baby.
- babysits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of babysit.
- bacchiac — of, containing, or consisting of bacchii
- bacchius — a metrical foot of one short syllable followed by two long ones (◡ – –)
- bacillar — (biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backfill — to refill an excavated trench, esp (in archaeology) at the end of an investigation
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backflip — a backwards somersault in mid air with arms and legs extended
- backings — Plural form of backing.
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- backlink — An incoming hyperlink from one web page to another website.
- backlins — backward; back.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- backpain — Alternative form of back pain.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- backtick — back quote
- backwind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria