8-letter words containing b, u, l
- bluebill — any of various American ducks with bluish bills; esp., the scaup
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- bluebook — (in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
- bluebush — any of various blue-grey herbaceous Australian shrubs of the genus Maireana
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluegill — a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish
- bluegown — a bedesman of the king or, in Scotland, a licensed beggar, who traditionally wore a blue gown
- bluehead — either of two fish of the wrasse family, Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- blueline — a blue-toned photographic print used as a proof for platemaking
- blueness — the quality or state of being blue.
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- blueweed — a bristly weed (Echium vulgare) of the borage family with blue flowers and pink buds
- bluewing — a variety of teal, Anas discors, native to the Americas
- bluewood — a kind of shrub of the buckthorn family, Condalia obovata, found in Texas and northern Mexico
- bluffing — to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
- blumberg — Baruch Samuel.1925–2011, US physician, noted for work on antigens: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1976
- blumenau — a city in Santa Catarina state, S Brazil.
- blunkett — David, Baron. born 1947, British Labour politician: home secretary (2001–04)
- blunting — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- blush-on — blusher (def 2).
- blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bouillon — Bouillon is a liquid made by boiling meat and bones or vegetables in water and used to make soups and sauces.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- bowl out — In a sport such as cricket, if a team is bowled out, each player in that team has had to stop batting and leave the pitch and there is nobody left to bat.
- breloque — an ornament or charm attached to a watch chain
- breughel — Jan Bruegel
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- brueghel — Jan (jɑn). 1568–1625, Flemish painter, noted for his detailed still lifes and landscapes
- brummell — George Bryan, called Beau Brummell. 1778–1840, English dandy: leader of fashion in the Regency period
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brussels — the capital of Belgium, in the central part: became capital of Belgium in 1830; seat of the European Commission. Pop: 999 899 (2004 est)
- brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- bubblier — full of, producing, or characterized by bubbles.
- bubbling — a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth