8-letter words containing b, i, l, c
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- biolytic — able to destroy life.
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- block in — If you are blocked in, someone has parked their car in such a way that you cannot drive yours away.
- blocking — the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
- buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cabrilla — any of various serranid food fishes, esp Epinephelus analogus, occurring in warm seas around Florida and the Caribbean
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calabria — a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sq miles)
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- cannibal — Cannibals are people who eat the flesh of other human beings.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby
- cimbalom — a type of dulcimer, esp of Hungary
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.