8-letter words containing i, b, l
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- 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.
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- banality — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- banalize — to make banal
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- bantling — a young child; brat
- banville — Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm
- bar girl — an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
- bar-girl — a barmaid.
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- barbital — diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barfmail — (messaging) Multiple bounce messages accumulating to the level of serious annoyance, or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an inter-network mail gateway goes down or misbehaves.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- 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.
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- 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
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- battalia — the arrangement of military troops prepared for battle
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- 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.
- bdellium — any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.