8-letter words containing b, e
- bunk bed — Bunk beds are two beds fixed one above the other in a frame.
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- buntline — one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
- bunuelos — a thin, round, fried pastry, often dusted with cinnamon sugar.
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buplever — any of various yellow-flowered umbelliferous plants of the genus Bupleurum
- bur reed — a marsh plant of the genus Sparganium, having narrow leaves, round clusters of small green flowers, and round prickly fruit: family Sparganiaceae
- burberry — a light good-quality raincoat, esp of gabardine
- burbidge — (Eleanor) Margaret (Peachey) [pee-chee] /ˈpi tʃi/ (Show IPA), born 1919, U.S. astronomer, born in England.
- burdened — If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work.
- burdener — a person who burdens
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- burgrave — the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
- burlecue — burlesque (def 3).
- burleigh — Burghley
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- burnable — able to be burned
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- burnside — land along the side of a burn
- burpless — a belch; eructation.
- burrowed — a hole or tunnel in the ground made by a rabbit, fox, or similar animal for habitation and refuge.
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bus lane — A bus lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by buses.
- bus line — the route of a bus or buses.
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- bushless — devoid of vegetation
- bushlike — resembling a bush
- bushline — an airline that flies over sparsely inhabited territory to serve isolated settlements.
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bushnell — David, 1742?–1824, U.S. inventor: pioneered in submarine construction.
- 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
- busy bee — a person who is industrious or has many things to do
- busyness — the quality or condition of being busy.
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butt end — butt1 (defs 1, 2).
- buttered — having had butter spread over or applied to it
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butylene — any of four alkenes, including isobutylene, having the same formula, C4H8, but differing in properties and structure