8-letter words containing b, c, i
- blocking — the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boadicea — Boudicca
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- boccioni — Umberto (umˈberto). 1882–1916, Italian painter and sculptor: principal theorist of the futurist movement
- bombycid — any moth, including the silkworm moth, of the family Bombycidae, most of which occur in Africa and SE Asia
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- bornitic — of or relating to bornite
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bouncing — If you say that someone is bouncing with health, you mean that they are very healthy. You can also refer to a bouncing baby.
- bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- brainiac — a highly intelligent person
- branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- brassica — Brassicas are vegetables such as cabbages, broccoli and turnips.
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- brick up — If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
- bricktop — a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bucatini — pasta in the shape of long tubes
- buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
- buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bucrania — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.