8-letter words containing b, e, n, l
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- blebbing — the formation of a bleb
- bleeding — Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something.
- bleeping — (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- blend in — If something blends into the background, it is so similar to the background that it is difficult to see or hear it separately.
- blending — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- blenheim — a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- blinders — Blinders are two pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see straight ahead.
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blondine — (of a woman) to dye (one's hair) blonde
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- blue run — an easy run, suitable for beginners
- bluegown — a bedesman of the king or, in Scotland, a licensed beggar, who traditionally wore a blue gown
- blueline — a blue-toned photographic print used as a proof for platemaking
- blueness — the quality or state of being blue.
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- bluewing — a variety of teal, Anas discors, native to the Americas
- blumenau — a city in Santa Catarina state, S Brazil.
- blunkett — David, Baron. born 1947, British Labour politician: home secretary (2001–04)
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bondable — able to be bonded, fastened, or secured
- bondless — without bonds, unrestrained
- bone oil — a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
- boneless — without bones; specif., with the bones removed
- bonemeal — the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds
- bonspiel — a curling match
- boonless — useless or unhelpful