8-letter words containing b, i, c, a
- backpain — Alternative form of back pain.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- backslid — Simple past tense and past participle of backslide.
- backspin — a backward spinning motion imparted to a ball to reduce its speed at impact, as by hitting it with a downward or undercutting motion
- backtick — back quote
- backwind — to divert wind against the lee side of (a sail) from another sail.
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- baldrick — a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- baldrics — Plural form of baldric.
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- ball ice — floating balls of slushy ice formed at sea.
- balladic — relating to ballads
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- balywick — Alternative form of bailiwick.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- barbaric — If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- bauxitic — consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite
- bay city — a lake port in E Michigan, near the mouth of the Saginaw River.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- beccaria — Cesare Bonesana (ˈtʃɛzare bɔnɛˈzɑːna), Marchese de. 1738–94, Italian legal theorist and political economist; author of the influential treatise Crimes and Punishments (1764), which attacked corruption, torture, and capital punishment
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biblical — Biblical means contained in or relating to the Bible.
- bicaudal — having two tails
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms