8-letter words containing a, b
- big data — Big data is extremely large amounts of information that can only be used with special computers.
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- big easy — the New Orleans
- big game — Large wild animals such as lions and elephants that are hunted for sport are often referred to as big game.
- big hair — a hairstyle with volume created by hair products or styling techniques such as backcombing, etc
- big head — If you describe someone as a big head, you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.
- big idea — any plan or proposal that is grandiose, impractical, and usually unsolicited: You're always coming around here with your big ideas.
- big mama — a man's sweetheart, girlfriend, or wife.
- big name — A big name is a person who is successful and famous because of their work.
- big road — a main road or highway.
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- big-name — having a widespread public reputation as a leader in a specified field; famous: a big-name doctor; a big-name actress.
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bigarade — a Seville orange
- bignonia — any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- bilabial — of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billable — referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- billiard — of or relating to billiards
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- bimanual — using or requiring both hands
- bimbashi — a Turkish military official
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binaries — binary file
- binarism — the state of being binary
- binarity — a principle of analysis requiring that a linguistic system, as a phonological, case, or semantic system, be represented as a set of binary oppositions.
- bination — celebration of Mass twice on the same day by the same priest.
- 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.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- biograph — a biographical summary
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biphasic — having two phases