8-letter words containing b, e, l, s
- sibelius — Jean (Julius Christian) [zhahn yoo-lyoo s kris-tyahn] /ʒɑn ˈyu lyʊs ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1865–1957, Finnish composer.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- sizeable — of considerable size; fairly large: He inherited a sizable fortune.
- sizeably — sizable.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.
- skobelev — former name of Fergana.
- sky blue — the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure.
- sky-blue — Something that is sky-blue is a very pale blue in colour.
- slabbery — slobbery.
- slablike — resembling a slab
- slayable — that may be slain for good reason
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- slobbery — characterized by slobbering.
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- slugabed — a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.
- slumbery — slumberous.
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- snowbell — a small tree belonging to the genus Styrax, of the storax family, having simple, alternate leaves and showy white bell-shaped flowers.
- snowbelt — a region of annual or heavy snowfall.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- solvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- somberly — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- sorbable — able to absorb
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sowbelly — fat salt pork taken from the belly of a hog.
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- sparable — a small nail with no head, used for fixing the soles and heels of shoes
- squabble — to engage in a petty quarrel.
- statable — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- steelbow — the farming stock lent to a tenant by a landlord that must be returned undiminished at the end of the tenancy
- stewable — capable of being made into a stew
- stibbler — a preacher who is awaiting a permanent ministerial position
- stilbene — a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 4 H 1 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- stilbite — a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strobile — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stubbled — Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
- stumbled — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- stumbles — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- suasible — able to be persuaded
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subduple — in the proportion or ratio of one to two
- subequal — not quite equal
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- sublease — a lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
- sublevel — a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.