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8-letter words containing a, b

  • biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
  • biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
  • biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
  • birdbath — a small basin or trough for birds to bathe in, usually in a garden
  • birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
  • birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
  • birdfarm — a place where birds are kept
  • birretta — a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
  • birthday — Your birthday is the anniversary of the date on which you were born.
  • biserial — in two rows
  • bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
  • bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
  • bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
  • bistable — having two stable states
  • bit bang — Transmission of data on a serial line accomplished by rapidly changing a single output bit, in software, at the appropriate times. The technique is a simple loop with eight OUT and SHIFT instruction pairs for each byte. Input is more interesting. And full-duplex (doing input and output at the same time) is one way to separate the real hackers from the wannabees. Bit bang was used on certain early models of Prime computers, presumably when UARTs were too expensive, and on archaic Zilog Z80 micros with a Zilog PIO but no SIO. In an interesting instance of the cycle of reincarnation, this technique is now (1991) coming back into use on some RISC architectures because it consumes such an infinitesimal part of the processor that it actually makes sense not to have a UART.
  • bit mask — (programming)   A pattern of binary values which is combined with some value using bitwise AND with the result that bits in the value in positions where the mask is zero are also set to zero. For example, if, in C, we want to test if bits 0 or 2 of x are set, we can write int mask = 5; /* binary 101 */ if (x & mask) ... A bit mask might also be used to set certain bits using bitwise OR, or to invert them using bitwise exclusive OR.
  • bit part — A bit part is a small and unimportant role for an actor in a film or play.
  • bit rate — the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second
  • bitbrace — brace (def 3).
  • biteable — denoting something which can be bitten
  • bithynia — an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor
  • bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
  • biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
  • blabbing — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
  • black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
  • blackcap — a brownish-grey Old World warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, the male of which has a black crown
  • blackcod — sablefish.
  • blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • blackett — Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
  • blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
  • blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
  • blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
  • blackice — (software, security)   A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
  • blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
  • blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
  • blackleg — a person who acts against the interests of a trade union, as by continuing to work during a strike or taking over a striker's job
  • blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
  • blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
  • blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
  • blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
  • bladdery — like a bladder
  • bladelet — a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.
  • blagging — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
  • blagueur — a person who engages in blague
  • blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
  • blamable — that deserves blame; culpable
  • blameful — deserving blame; guilty
  • blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
  • blancher — someone who blanches
  • blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
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