8-letter words containing b, e
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- cascabel — a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon
- case bay — (in a roof or floor) the section between two principals.
- casebook — A casebook is a written record of the cases dealt with by someone such as a doctor, social worker, or police officer.
- cashable — Able to be converted into cash.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- causable — that can be caused
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- 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.
- cerberus — a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance to Hades
- cerebral — If you describe someone or something as cerebral, you mean that they are intellectual rather than emotional.
- cerebric — pertaining to or derived from the brain.
- cerebro- — indicating the brain
- cerebrum — the anterior portion of the brain of vertebrates, consisting of two lateral hemispheres joined by a thick band of fibres: the dominant part of the brain in man, associated with intellectual function, emotion, and personality
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- checkbox — A small box on a computer screen that, when selected by the user, is filled with a check mark to show that the feature described alongside it has been enabled.
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- chewable — Chewable describes drugs that are best or most easily absorbed by chewing.
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- 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
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- cicisbeo — the escort or lover of a married woman, esp in 18th-century Italy
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- claribel — a female given name.
- cleburne — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- climbers — Plural form of climber.
- clobbers — Plural form of clobber.
- clonebot — (chat) (Or "clone") A bot meant to replicate itself en masse on a talk network (generally IRC). A bot appears on the network as several agents, and then carries out some task, typically that of flooding another user. Compare ghost.
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.