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8-letter words containing b, h, i

  • blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
  • blowfish — puffer (sense 2)
  • bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
  • bluntish — somewhat blunt
  • blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
  • boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
  • bobwhite — a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird
  • boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
  • boehmite — a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
  • boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
  • boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
  • bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
  • bonefish — a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
  • bonhomie — Bonhomie is happy, good-natured friendliness.
  • boobyish — stupid or silly
  • borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
  • borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
  • botching — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
  • bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
  • bowditch — Nathaniel1773-1838; U.S. mathematician, astronomer, & navigator
  • brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
  • brachio- — indicating a brachium
  • brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
  • brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
  • braeheid — the summit of a hill or slope
  • brahmani — a woman of the Brahman caste
  • brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brainish — impulsive or impetuous
  • branchia — a gill in aquatic animals
  • brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  • brassish — like brass; brassy
  • brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
  • brighter — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
  • brighton — a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)
  • briskish — fairly brisk
  • britches — breeches (sense 2)
  • broadish — fairly broad
  • broguish — having or tending to a brogue
  • bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
  • brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
  • brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
  • brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
  • brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
  • buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
  • buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
  • bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
  • bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
  • bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
  • bullwhip — A bullwhip is a very long, heavy whip.
  • bunchily — in a bunchy manner
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