8-letter words containing a, l, e
- biserial — in two rows
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bistable — having two stable states
- biteable — denoting something which can be bitten
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- 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
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- boatable — able to be carried by boat