8-letter words containing c, l
- ball ice — floating balls of slushy ice formed at sea.
- balladic — relating to ballads
- ballance — John. 1839–93, New Zealand statesman, born in Northern Ireland: prime minister of New Zealand (1891–93)
- ballclay — a type of fine-grained clay suitable for making ceramics
- ballclub — (baseball) A baseball team.
- ballcock — A valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balsamic — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- balywick — Alternative form of bailiwick.
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- becalmed — If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
- bechamel — a basic white sauce made of milk, butter, flour, and, sometimes, cream
- becknell — William, c1790–1865, U.S. frontier trader: opened Santa Fe Trail 1822.
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- becudgel — to arm with a cudgel
- belching — to eject gas spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eruct.
- bell cow — a cow, especially the lead cow of a herd, having a bell attached to a collar around its neck so that the herd can be located easily.
- bellcote — a small roofed structure for bells
- benchley — Robert (Charles)1889-1945; U.S. humorist
- benzylic — relating to benzyl
- berascal — to accuse someone of being a rascal
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- bescrawl — to cover with scrawls
- beuncled — having many uncles
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biblical — Biblical means contained in or relating to the Bible.
- bicaudal — having two tails
- bicolour — two-coloured
- bicyclic — of, forming, or formed by two circles, cycles, etc
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biocycle — the cycling of chemicals through the biosphere
- biologic — pertaining to biology.
- biolytic — able to destroy life.
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird