8-letter words containing b, e, n, i
- breading — a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
- break-in — an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breaming — to clean (a ship's bottom) by applying burning furze, reeds, etc., to soften the pitch and loosen adherent matter.
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- breezing — a wind or current of air, especially a light or moderate one.
- brideman — a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding
- bridgend — a county borough in S Wales, created in 1996 from S Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Bridgend. Pop: 129 900 (2003 est). Area: 264 sq km (102 sq miles)
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- brisbane — a port in E Australia, the capital of Queensland: founded in 1824 as a penal settlement; vast agricultural hinterland. Pop: 2 189 878 (2013)
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- bronzite — a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bulletin — A bulletin is a short news report on the radio or television.
- bullgine — a steam locomotive
- buntline — one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- bus line — the route of a bus or buses.
- bushline — an airline that flies over sparsely inhabited territory to serve isolated settlements.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- buskined — relating to tragic drama
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- by-liner — a writer whose work is accompanied by a by-line
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- combiner — Any of various electronic devices that combine signals, in particular.
- combines — Plural form of combine.
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- debasing — to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- debiting — the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.