8-letter words containing a, c, b, l
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- ball cap — a close-fitting cap with a deep visor and usually the name or emblem of a baseball team, worn by baseball players, or by others as casual attire.
- ball ice — floating balls of slushy ice formed at sea.
- balladic — relating to ballads
- ballance — John. 1839–93, New Zealand statesman, born in Northern Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1891–93)
- ballclay — a type of fine-grained clay suitable for making ceramics
- ballclub — (baseball) A baseball team.
- ballcock — A valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- balywick — Alternative form of bailiwick.
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biblical — Biblical means contained in or relating to the Bible.
- bicaudal — having two tails
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- 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)