8-letter words containing c, i, b, e
- 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
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- brisance — the shattering effect or power of an explosion or explosive
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cagebird — A bird kept in a cage.
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- carbines — Plural form of carbine.
- caribees — See under Antilles.
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- cerebric — pertaining to or derived from the brain.
- chabasie — Dated form of chabazite.
- chabrier — (Alexis) Emmanuel (emanɥɛl). 1841–94, French composer; noted esp for the orchestral rhapsody España (1883)
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- childbed — the condition of giving birth to a child
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinbone — the front part of the jawbone that constitutes the chin
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.