8-letter words containing a, l, g
- balayage — a technique for highlighting hair in which bleach or dye is painted onto sections of the hair with a brush
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- ballarag — (archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten.
- ballgame — any game played with a ball
- ballgown — A ballgown is a long dress that women wear to formal dances.
- ballyrag — bullyrag.
- bangable — (slang) Sexually attractive.
- bangalay — a myrtaceous Australian tree, Eucalyptus botryoides, valued for its hard red wood
- bangalow — an Australian palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, native to New South Wales and Queensland
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- bantling — a young child; brat
- bar girl — an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks
- bar-girl — a barmaid.
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- be along — to come or arrive
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- bedaggle — to soil the bottom of (garments) by trailing through dirt
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- belgrade — the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002)
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- bengalee — a native or inhabitant of Bangladesh.
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- bergfall — an avalanche
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- blabbing — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- 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
- blagging — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blatting — bleat.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- 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.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- blue bag — a fabric bag for a barrister's robes
- blue gas — water gas.
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- boogaloo — a type of dance performed to rock and roll music