8-letter words containing b, o, e
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- be along — to come or arrive
- be going — to intend or be about to start (to do or be doing something): often used as an alternative future construction
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- beantown — Boston
- bear off — (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- bearwood — cascara (sense 1)
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- bebopper — A musician or aficionado of bebop music.
- bebother — To bring trouble upon.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- bed bolt — a bolt on a bed for attaching a side rail to the head or foot.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- bed load — the sand, gravel, boulders, or other debris transported by rolling or sliding along the bottom of a stream.
- bed-roll — bedding that rolls up for portability and is used especially for sleeping out-of-doors.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedboard — a piece of wood placed under a mattress to make a bed firmer
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedcover — a bedspread
- bedotted — covered with dots; speckled
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.