8-letter words containing b, a, l
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- fly ball — a ball that is batted up into the air.
- flyboats — Plural form of flyboat.
- foamable — Capable of being converted into foam.
- foilable — to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.
- foldable — to bend (cloth, paper, etc.) over upon itself.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- foldboat — faltboat.
- foosball — A tabletop version of soccer in which players turn rods fixed on top of a playing box and attached to miniature figures of players, in order to flick the ball and strike it toward the goal.
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- formable — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- formably — formally
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- framable — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- fuzzball — a puffball.
- gabblers — Plural form of gabbler.
- gabbling — Present participle of gabble.
- gabeller — a person who collected the gabelle; a tax-collector
- gabrieli — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- galabieh — djellabah.
- galabiya — djellabah.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- gamblers — Plural form of gambler.
- gambling — any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gambrels — Plural form of gambrel.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- geldable — (obsolete) Liable to the payment of taxes; subject to taxation.
- gettable — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- gil blas — (Gil Blas de Santillane) a picaresque novel (1715–35) by Le Sage.
- gill bar — branchial arch (def 1).
- gimbaled — Simple past tense and past participle of gimbal.
- giveable — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glabella — the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.
- glabrate — Zoology. glabrous.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- globally — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- glueball — a hypothetical object consisting of two or more gluons.
- gnawable — Capable of being gnawed.
- go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
- goalball — a game played by two teams who compete to score goals by throwing a ball that emits audible sound when in motion. Players, who may be blind or sighted, are blindfolded during play