8-letter words containing b, u, l
- doublets — Plural form of doublet.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubloon — a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- duckbill — platypus.
- due bill — a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.
- dulbecco — Renato [ruh-nah-toh;; Italian re-nah-taw] /rəˈnɑ toʊ;; Italian rɛˈnɑ tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2012, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1975.
- dumbbell — a gymnastic apparatus consisting of two wooden or metal balls connected by a short bar serving as a handle, used as a weight for exercising.
- dumbells — Plural form of dumbell.
- dunkable — (informal) Suitable for dunking (as of food).
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- dzhambul — a city in S Kazakhstan, NE of Chimkent.
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- educible — Able to be elicited or evoked.
- eludible — able to be eluded
- emulable — Worthy of emulation.
- fabliaux — Plural form of fabliau.
- fabulate — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- fabulize — To compose or relate fables or fictions.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flat bug — any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- flubbing — Present participle of flub.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- fuzzball — a puffball.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- globules — Plural form of globule.
- globulet — a small globule