8-letter words containing b, s, e, t
- bestreak — to streak
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- besuited — wearing a suit
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bethesda — a pool in Jerusalem reputed to have healing powers, where a paralysed man was healed by Jesus (John 5:2)
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- bimester — a period of two months
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistable — having two stable states
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blotless — without blots or blemishes, pure, faultless
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- boltless — without any bolts
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- bontemps — Arna Wendell [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–73, U.S. author.
- bookrest — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- bootless — of little or no use; vain; fruitless
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- botsares — Markos [Greek mahr-kaws] /Greek ˈmɑr kɔs/ (Show IPA), Bozzaris, Marco.
- box seat — a seat in a theatre box
- box step — a basic step in ballroom dancing, in which the feet move in the form of a rectangle
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- breasted — having a breast.
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- brewster — Sir David. 1781–1868, Scottish physicist, noted for his studies of the polarization of light
- briefest — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- broadest — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bumsters — trousers cut so that the top lies just above the cleft of the buttocks
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- butchest — butch haircut.
- buttress — Buttresses are supports, usually made of stone or brick, that support a wall.
- bystreet — an obscure or secondary street
- cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair