8-letter words containing b, i, o, l
- libeccio — a strong westerly or southwesterly wind blowing onto the W coast of Corsica
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
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- libretto — the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifebuoy — A life preserver, especially one in the shape of a ring.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- lion cub — baby lion
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- lobbyism — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- lobbyist — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- lobeline — a crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 22 H 27 NO 2 , obtained by extraction from lobelia: used chiefly in the form of its sulfate or hydrochloride as a respiratory stimulant and, because of its nicotinelike pharmacological action, as an agent to discourage tobacco smoking.
- lobsided — Archaic form of lopsided.
- lobstick — lopstick.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebite — Alternative spelling of love bite.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- mailbomb — Alternative form of mail bomb.
- mixblood — A person of mixed racial heritage.
- mobilise — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- mobility — the quality of being mobile.
- mobilize — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- morbilli — measles (def 1).
- nobbling — to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- nobility — the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- obelised — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- obelized — Simple past tense and past participle of obelize.
- objvlisp — 1984. An object-oriented extension of Vlisp. Reflective architecture.
- oblation — the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligato — Alternative spelling of obbligato.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- obliging — willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- obliquid — aimed in an oblique direction