8-letter words containing c, e
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- bescreen — to conceal or overshadow
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bethwack — to strike hard with a flat object
- beuncled — having many uncles
- bhc code — Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem Code
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- bichrome — having two colours
- biconvex — (of a lens) having convex faces on both sides; convexo-convex
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biocycle — the cycling of chemicals through the biosphere
- biogenic — produced or originating from a living organism
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birkbeck — George. 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackett — Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blackleg — a person who acts against the interests of a trade union, as by continuing to work during a strike or taking over a striker's job
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- blesbuck — blesbok.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- bluchers — a strong, leather half boot.
- blue cod — a common marine spiny-finned food fish, Parapercis colias, of the sub-Antarctic waters of New Zealand, esp at the Chatham Islands, which is greenish blue with brown marbling and inhabits rocky bottoms. Its smoked flesh is considered a delicacy
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- blueback — any of several species of fish with a blue colouring
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluejack — a species of oak, Quercus incana, the leaves of which have a blue tinge
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.