8-letter words containing c, l
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blackcap — a brownish-grey Old World warbler, Sylvia atricapilla, the male of which has a black crown
- blackcod — sablefish.
- 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
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- 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
- blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- 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.
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- block in — If you are blocked in, someone has parked their car in such a way that you cannot drive yours away.
- block up — If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it.
- 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.
- blocking — the interruption of anode current in a valve because of the application of a high negative voltage to the grid
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- 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
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bollocks — Bollocks is used by some people to express disagreement, dislike, or annoyance.
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- borecole — kale (def 1).
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure