8-letter words containing a, l, u
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- bucellas — a Portuguese white wine
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- buddleia — any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae
- buffable — able to be buffed
- bugzilla — (programming) The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bull ant — any large Australian ant of the genus Myrmecia, having a powerful stinging bite: subfamily Ponerinae
- bull bar — On some motor vehicles, bull bars are metal bars fixed to the front that are designed to protect it if it crashes.
- bull bay — evergreen magnolia.
- bull-bar — a metal frame attached to the front of a vehicle to prevent damage in case of a collision with stray animals on outback roads.
- bullbars — large protective metal grille on the front of some vehicles, esp four-wheel-drive vehicles
- bullboat — a lightweight, shallow-draft boat made of hides stretched over a wooden frame and used by Plains Indians.
- bullhead — any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- bultmann — Rudolf Karl. 1884–1976, German theologian, noted for his demythologizing approach to the New Testament
- bundwall — a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil or its refined product, designed to hold the contents of the tank in the event of a rupture or leak
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- bungwall — an Australian fern, Blechnum indicum, having an edible rhizome
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- burnable — able to be burned
- bus lane — A bus lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by buses.
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- caesural — Prosody. a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not God to scan.
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cahuilla — a member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- calakmul — a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- calcular — relating to calculus
- calculus — Calculus is a branch of advanced mathematics which deals with variable quantities.
- calcutta — Kolkata
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- caligula — original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad, Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
- calippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.