7-letter words containing b, a, l
- blacken — To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- blacker — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blackly — drearily; gloomily
- bladder — Your bladder is the part of your body where urine is stored until it leaves your body.
- blading — the act or an instance of skating with in-line skates
- blagger — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blamers — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- blaming — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- blanche — a feminine name
- blander — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blandly — If you do something blandly, you do it in a calm and quiet way.
- blanker — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
- blanket — A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
- blankly — without expression or understanding: She stared blankly at her inquisitors.
- blanqui — Louis Auguste (French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison
- blaring — to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
- blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
- blasted — Some people use blasted to express anger or annoyance at something or someone.
- blaster — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- blastie — a wretched, ugly little creature
- blasto- — (in biology) indicating an embryo or bud or the process of budding
- blatant — You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way.
- blately — bashful; shy.
- blather — If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
- blatted — drunk
- blatter — a prattle
- blaubok — a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800
- blawort — the plant Campanula rotundifolia
- blaydon — an industrial town in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- blaze 2 — An object-oriented successor to BLAZE.
- blazing — Blazing sun or blazing hot weather is very hot.
- bleaker — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleakly — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleared — made dim or blurred by tiredness or tears
- bleated — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- bleaunt — a short tunic or blouse, worn in the Middle Ages.
- bloated — If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it.
- bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
- blokart — a single-seat three-wheeled vehicle with a sail, built to be propelled over land by the wind
- blu-ray — Blu-Ray is a type of video disk that is used for storing large amounts of high quality digital information.
- bluejay — a common North American jay, Cyanocitta cristata, having bright blue plumage with greyish-white underparts
- boabdil — original name Abu-Abdullah, called El Chico, ruled as Mohammed XI. died ?1538, last Moorish king of Granada (1482–83; 1486–92)
- boatful — an amount or number that could be carried by a boat
- bobtail — a docked or diminutive tail
- boffola — a particularly funny joke
- bogland — an area of wetland, usually extensive
- boileau — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature
- bolivar — the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
- bolivia — an inland republic in central S America: original Aymara Indian population conquered by the Incas in the 13th century; colonized by Spain from 1538; became a republic in 1825; consists of low plains in the east, with ranges of the Andes rising to over 6400 m (21 000 ft) and the Altiplano, a plateau averaging 3900 m (13 000 ft) in the west; contains some of the world's highest inhabited regions; important producer of tin and other minerals. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: boliviano. Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial). Pop: 10 461 053 (2013 est). Area: 1 098 580 sq km (424 260 sq miles)