8-letter words containing b, a, l
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- bandello — Matteo [maht-te-aw] /mɑtˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1485–1561, Italian ecclesiastic and author.
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- bangable — (slang) Sexually attractive.
- bangalay — a myrtaceous Australian tree, Eucalyptus botryoides, valued for its hard red wood
- bangalow — an Australian palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, native to New South Wales and Queensland
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- bankable — In the entertainment industry, someone or something that is described as bankable is very popular and therefore likely to be very profitable.
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- bankroll — To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- bannable — able to be banned
- bannerol — banderole
- bantling — a young child; brat
- banville — Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm
- banyalla — Victorian box.
- bar girl — an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
- bar meal — a simple meal served in a bar
- bar-girl — a barmaid.
- barbells — Plural form of barbell.
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barbital — diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic
- barbless — without a barb
- barbules — Plural form of barbule.
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- bareland — (of a croft) having no house attached
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barfmail — (messaging) Multiple bounce messages accumulating to the level of serious annoyance, or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an inter-network mail gateway goes down or misbehaves.
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barn owl — any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- barrable — able to be barred
- barrault — Jean-Louis (ʒɑ̃lwi). 1910–94, French actor and director, noted particularly as a mime
- barreled — Having the specified number of barrels.
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- bas bleu — a bluestocking; intellectual woman
- basalt's — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.