8-letter words containing a, b, l, i, n
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- biannual — A biannual event happens twice a year.
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- biennale — an event occurring every two years
- biennial — A biennial event happens or is done once every two years.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bimanual — using or requiring both hands
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- blabbing — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blagging — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blatting — bleat.
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brantail — a redstart
- brasilin — brazilin
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- brazilin — a pale yellow soluble crystalline solid, turning red in alkaline solution, extracted from brazil wood and sappanwood and used in dyeing and as an indicator. Formula: C16H14O5
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cannibal — Cannibals are people who eat the flesh of other human beings.