8-letter words containing i, b, l
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- bobolink — an American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the male of which has a white back and black underparts in the breeding season: family Icteridae (American orioles)
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- bodingly — in a boding manner
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- boil off — to remove or be removed (from) by boiling
- boil-off — Rocketry. any vapor loss from the oxidizer or fuel in a rocket during countdown.
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- bolo tie — a cord, worn as a necktie, with an ornamented fastening for adjusting the neck loop
- boltings — (of flour) the coarse particles separated by sifting
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bombilla — a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.
- bone oil — a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
- bonspiel — a curling match
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bouillon — Bouillon is a liquid made by boiling meat and bones or vegetables in water and used to make soups and sauces.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowingly — in a curved manner
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box file — a rigid file which opens like a box, usually made of strong cardboard and able to hold a large quantity of documents
- box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
- box sill — a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brantail — a redstart
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- brazilin — a pale yellow soluble crystalline solid, turning red in alkaline solution, extracted from brazil wood and sappanwood and used in dyeing and as an indicator. Formula: C16H14O5