8-letter words containing b, o, n
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- bassoons — Plural form of bassoon.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- 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)
- batwoman — a female servant in any of the armed forces
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- baudrons — a cat
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- 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
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- 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
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- bed down — If you bed down somewhere, you sleep there for the night, instead of in a bed.
- bedbound — Unable to leave one's bed for some reason.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- begotten — Begotten is the past participle of beget.
- beholden — If you are beholden to someone, you are in debt to them in some way or you feel that you have a duty to them because they have helped you.
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- belitong — Billiton.
- belmondo — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pol). born 1933, French film actor
- belmonte — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1893–1962, Spanish matador.
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- belonged — to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed by to): He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
- belonger — a native-born Caribbean person
- belonoid — needlelike; styloid.
- bemoaned — to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- benbrook — a town in N Texas.
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bentwood — wood bent in moulds after being heated by steaming, used mainly for furniture
- benzoate — any salt or ester of benzoic acid, containing the group C6H5COO– or the ion C6H5COO–
- berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- besognio — a young soldier
- bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
- betatron — a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
- bevatron — a proton synchrotron at the University of California