8-letter words containing a, l, e
- baseless — If you describe an accusation, rumour, or report as baseless, you mean that it is not true and is not based on facts.
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
- 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
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bathless — without a bath
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battleax — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- be all … — used for emphasis when introducing direct speech or nonverbal communication
- be along — to come or arrive
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanball — a ball pitched with the intention of hitting the batsman
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- bearable — If something is bearable, you feel that you can accept it or deal with it.
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beat all — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatable — Someone who is beatable can be beaten.
- beatless — without a beat, not beating
- beaulieu — a village in S England, in Hampshire: site of Palace House, seat of Lord Montagu and once the gatehouse of the ruined 13th-century abbey; the National Motor Museum is in its grounds. Pop: 809 (2001)
- 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
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bedabble — to make wet or damp in such a way as to make dirty or untidy
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- bedazzle — to dazzle or confuse, as with brilliance
- beddable — sexually attractive
- bedlamer — a harp seal, beyond the beater stage but not yet mature.
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bee balm — Oswego tea
- beerhall — a large pub specializing in beer