8-letter words containing b, a, l
- agreable — Obsolete spelling of agreeable.
- air ball — a shot that misses the basket, basket rim, and backboard
- air bell — Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a decorative element.
- al-obeid — El Obeid
- albacete — a city in SE Spain: metal goods manufacturing. Pop: 155 142 (2003 est)
- albacore — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- albanese — Licia [lee-chee-uh;; Italian lee-chah] /ˈli tʃi ə;; Italian ˈli tʃɑ/ (Show IPA), 1913–2014, Italian operatic soprano.
- albanian — Albanian means belonging or relating to Albania, its people, language, or culture.
- albarium — a stucco used in ancient times, made from powdered marble and lime mortar and often polished.
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- albicant — (rare) Growing or becoming white.
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albinoid — Of or pertaining to an animal or person with albinism.
- albinoni — Tomaso (toˈmaːzo). 1671–1750, Italian composer and violinist. He wrote concertos and over 50 operas
- albitize — to turn into albite
- albizzia — any of numerous trees, shrubs, and lianas of the genus Albizia, belonging to the family Leguminosae
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- albronze — aluminum bronze.
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumina — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- albumose — any of a class of chemical compounds derived from albumins by the action of certain enzymes, as in digestion
- alburnum — sapwood
- aldicarb — a crystalline compound, C7H14N2O2S, used as a pesticide against insects, mites and nematodes
- alebench — a bench inside or in front of an alehouse
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- alhambra — a citadel and palace in Granada, Spain, built for the Moorish kings during the 13th and 14th centuries: noted for its rich ornamentation
- ali baba — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words "open sesame" will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves
- alliable — having the ability to form a compact or association
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- amabelle — a female given name.
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- amblyope — A person afflicted with amblyopia.
- amblyopy — Dated form of amblyopia.
- amblypod — one of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Pantodonta, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a massive body and short legs.
- ambulant — moving about from place to place
- ambulate — to wander about or move from one place to another
- amenable — If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
- amenably — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amicably — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amusable — capable of being amused
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- anabolic — of or relating to anabolism
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.