8-letter words containing b, l, e, o
- blue rod — officer of the Order of St Michael and St George
- bluebook — (in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluegown — a bedesman of the king or, in Scotland, a licensed beggar, who traditionally wore a blue gown
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bluewood — a kind of shrub of the buckthorn family, Condalia obovata, found in Texas and northern Mexico
- boatable — able to be carried by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bob veal — the flesh of an unborn or newborn calf, used for food.
- bobowler — a large moth
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bog hole — a land-surface depression occupied by waterlogged soil and spongy vegetative material that cannot bear the weight of large animals.
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bolloxed — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bolo tie — a cord, worn as a necktie, with an ornamented fastening for adjusting the neck loop
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- bolthole — a place of escape from danger
- boltless — without any bolts
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it
- bombable — able to be bombed, undefended against bombing; targetable
- bondable — able to be bonded, fastened, or secured
- bondless — without bonds, unrestrained
- bone oil — a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
- boneless — without bones; specif., with the bones removed
- bonemeal — the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds
- bonspiel — a curling match
- boodlers — the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
- bookable — If something such as a theatre seat or plane ticket is bookable, it can be booked in advance.
- bookless — having no books
- booklore — any knowledge or belief gained from books
- boonless — useless or unhelpful
- bootable — containing software used to boot a computer
- bootheel — an area of SE Missouri where the Missouri-Arkansas border dips southward forming a rectangular-shaped extension of the state.
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- bootless — of little or no use; vain; fruitless
- borazole — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- bordello — A bordello is a brothel.
- borecole — kale (def 1).
- borehole — A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- bothwell — Earl of, title of James Hepburn. 1535–78, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He is generally considered to have instigated the murder of Darnley (1567)
- bottle-o — a dealer in empty bottles
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- bow legs — a condition in which the legs curve outwards like a bow between the ankle and the thigh