7-letter words containing b, i, l, a
- bengali — Bengali means belonging or relating to Bengal, or to its people or language.
- bestial — If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial, you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting.
- biaxial — (esp of a crystal) having two axes
- bidault — Georges (ʒɔːrʒ). 1899–1983, French statesman; prime minister (1946, 1949–50). His opposition to Algerian independence led him to support the OAS: he was charged with treason (1963) and fled abroad
- bifilar — having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
- bifocal — having two different focuses
- big-lan — ["BIG-LAN Frequently Asked Questions Memo", BIG-LAN DIGEST V4:I8, February 14, 1992.]
- bilayer — a cell membrane consisting of two layers
- biliary — of or relating to bile, to the ducts that convey bile, or to the gall bladder
- billman — a person armed with a bill or billhook
- bimetal — an object or material made from sheets of two types of metal
- bimodal — characterized by two modes
- bioplay — a play based on the life of a famous person, esp one giving a popular treatment
- bipedal — having two feet
- biplane — A biplane is an old-fashioned type of aeroplane with two pairs of wings, one above the other.
- bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
- bitable — which can be bitten
- bitonal — consisting of black and white tones
- bivalve — any marine or freshwater mollusc of the class Pelecypoda (formerly Bivalvia or Lamellibranchia), having a laterally compressed body, a shell consisting of two hinged valves, and gills for respiration. The group includes clams, cockles, oysters, and mussels
- bizonal — of or relating to two administrative zones
- blackie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blading — the act or an instance of skating with in-line skates
- blaming — to hold responsible; find fault with; censure: I don't blame you for leaving him.
- blanqui — Louis Auguste (French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison
- blaring — to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
- blastie — a wretched, ugly little creature
- blazing — Blazing sun or blazing hot weather is very hot.
- boabdil — original name Abu-Abdullah, called El Chico, ruled as Mohammed XI. died ?1538, last Moorish king of Granada (1482–83; 1486–92)
- bobtail — a docked or diminutive tail
- boileau — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature
- bolivar — the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
- bolivia — an inland republic in central S America: original Aymara Indian population conquered by the Incas in the 13th century; colonized by Spain from 1538; became a republic in 1825; consists of low plains in the east, with ranges of the Andes rising to over 6400 m (21 000 ft) and the Altiplano, a plateau averaging 3900 m (13 000 ft) in the west; contains some of the world's highest inhabited regions; important producer of tin and other minerals. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: boliviano. Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial). Pop: 10 461 053 (2013 est). Area: 1 098 580 sq km (424 260 sq miles)
- braille — Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers.
- brawlie — in a fine or healthy manner
- bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
- bumelia — a thorny shrub of the genus Bumelia
- cabildo — a municipal council, or a town hall, in Latin America
- cabling — Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- caliban — a brutish or brutalized man
- caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
- calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- cambial — a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- cembali — Irregular plural form of cembalo.
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- coalbin — a bin for holding coal
- cubical — of or related to volume
- cubital — of or relating to the forearm
- diablos — Plural form of diablo.