8-letter words containing b, a, l
- basaltes — unglazed black stoneware
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- baseball — In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- baseless — If you describe an accusation, rumour, or report as baseless, you mean that it is not true and is not based on facts.
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
- bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- bathless — without a bath
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- battalia — the arrangement of military troops prepared for battle
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battleax — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- bay lynx — bobcat
- bay salt — salt derived by evaporating seawater in the sun.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- be all … — used for emphasis when introducing direct speech or nonverbal communication
- be along — to come or arrive
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.