8-letter words containing i, b, a
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- battalia — the arrangement of military troops prepared for battle
- batterie — a movement in ballet involving the legs beating together
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- baudekin — baldachin
- baudouin — 1930-93; king of Belgium (1951-93): son of Leopold III
- bauhinia — any climbing or shrubby leguminous plant of the genus Bauhinia, of tropical and warm regions, widely cultivated for ornament
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bauxitic — consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite
- bavarian — of or relating to Bavaria or its inhabitants
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- bay city — a lake port in E Michigan, near the mouth of the Saginaw River.
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beadings — Plural form of beading.
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beakfish — Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- bear pit — a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people
- bearbine — a type of bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
- bearding — the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- bearings — a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beasties — Plural form of beastie.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- beaulieu — a village in S England, in Hampshire: site of Palace House, seat of Lord Montagu and once the gatehouse of the ruined 13th-century abbey; the National Motor Museum is in its grounds. Pop: 809 (2001)
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- beauvais — a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)
- beauvoir — Siˈmone de (siˈmɔn də ) ; sēm^ōnˈ də) 1908-86; Fr. existentialist writer
- beccaria — Cesare Bonesana (ˈtʃɛzare bɔnɛˈzɑːna), Marchese de. 1738–94, Italian legal theorist and political economist; author of the influential treatise Crimes and Punishments (1764), which attacked corruption, torture, and capital punishment
- bedchair — an adjustable chair to support an invalid sitting up in bed
- bediaper — to put a nappy on
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia