8-letter words containing b, a, k, l
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blackcap — a brownish-grey Old World warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, the male of which has a black crown
- blackcod — sablefish.
- 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
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- 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
- blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleakish — quite pale
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- 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.
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- blueback — any of several species of fish with a blue colouring
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bookable — If something such as a theatre seat or plane ticket is bookable, it can be booked in advance.
- bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
- bro talk — Māori English
- 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
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- clackbox — the casing enclosing a clack
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- clapback — Lb music An exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by clapping.
- clawback — the recovery of a sum of money, esp by taxation or penalty
- claybank — a dull brownish-orange colour
- cookable — That can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- dunkable — (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
- failback — failover
- fallback — an act or instance of falling back.
- flatback — a short name for the flatback turtle, Natator depressa, which is native to Australasia and characterized by the flatness of its back
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.