8-letter words containing b, a, e, l
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- bezaleel — the chief architect of the tabernacle. Ex. 31:1–11.
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- biddable — having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- biennale — an event occurring every two years
- biennial — A biennial event happens or is done once every two years.
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billable — referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- 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.