8-letter words containing b, e, n, i
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- baudekin — baldachin
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- be dying — to be eager or desperate (for something or to do something)
- be going — to intend or be about to start (to do or be doing something): often used as an alternative future construction
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- bearbine — a type of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- bedewing — Present participle of bedew.
- bedizens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedizen.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- beeswing — a light filmy crust of tartar that forms in port and some other wines after long keeping in the bottle
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- befinger — to finger all over
- befinned — having fins
- befriend — If you befriend someone, especially someone who is lonely or far from home, you make friends with them.
- befringe — to decorate with a fringe
- beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- being as — You can use being as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- beinness — the state of being comfortable
- beknight — to esteem
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- belitong — Billiton.
- belitung — island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea, between Borneo & Sumatra: 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km)
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- bellbind — a twining, bindweed-type climber with fleshy roots
- belonoid — needlelike; styloid.
- beltline — a line separating a car's windows from the main body
- bemingle — to mingle
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- benching — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- bendwise — diagonally
- benedick — a newly married man
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- benefice — an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder; a Church living
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)