8-letter words containing b, a, l
- 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
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- 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.
- 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
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- blowball — the seed head of a dandelion
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- 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.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boatable — able to be carried by boat
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- boatload — A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- bob veal — the flesh of an unborn or newborn calf, used for food.
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bombable — able to be bombed, undefended against bombing; targetable