8-letter words containing a, b
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- blastoma — a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
- blastula — an early form of an animal embryo that develops from a morula, consisting of a sphere of cells with a central cavity
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- 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.
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleakish — quite pale
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- bletilla — any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers.
- bleuatre — blueish
- 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
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- 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.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- blowball — the seed head of a dandelion
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- blue bag — a fabric bag for a barrister's robes
- blue gas — water gas.
- blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
- blue law — any of the strict puritanical laws prevalent in colonial New England
- blueback — any of several species of fish with a blue colouring
- blueball — a European herb
- bluebead — corn lily (def 2).
- bluebeat — a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s; a precursor of reggae
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- blumenau — a city in Santa Catarina state, S Brazil.