8-letter words containing i, b, n
- beltline — a line separating a car's windows from the main body
- bemingle — to mingle
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- benching — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- bendwise — diagonally
- benedick — a newly married man
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- benefice — an endowed Church office yielding an income to its holder; a Church living
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- benghazi — a port in N Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra: centre of Italian colonization (1911–42); scene of much fighting in World War II. Pop: 1 080 500 (2002 est)
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- benignly — having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
- beninese — of or relating to Benin or its people
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- beniseed — the sesame seed
- benitier — a basin to hold holy water
- benjamin — the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:16–18; 42:4)
- bentinck — Lord William Cavendish. 1774–1839, British statesman, governor general of Bengal (1828–35)
- benzylic — relating to benzyl
- berating — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
- berenice — a feminine name
- berezina — a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal. Length: 563 km (350 miles)
- bergenia — an evergreen ground-covering plant
- beringed — wearing a ring or rings
- beringia — the former land bridge between Siberia & Alas., over which Asian animals and peoples migrated into North America
- berliner — a native or inhabitant of Berlin
- bernicia — a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- berrigan — an Australian tree, Pittosporum phylliraeoides, with hanging branches
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- besognio — a young soldier
- beth din — a rabbinical court, consisting of at least three dayanim, and having authority over such matters as divorce and conversion and other communal ecclesiastical matters such as Kashruth. It may also try civil disputes with the consent of both parties
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- beveling — the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- bewaring — to be wary, cautious, or careful of (usually used imperatively): Beware such inconsistency. Beware his waspish wit.
- bewinged — having wings
- bezonian — a knave or rascal
- bi-swing — (of a garment) made with a deep pleat starting at the back waistline or belt and extending up to the shoulder on each side, to avoid constriction when the wearer's arms are extended.
- biannual — A biannual event happens twice a year.
- biasness — an indirectness in speech or conduct
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bibation — the activity of drinking to excess
- biconvex — (of a lens) having convex faces on both sides; convexo-convex
- bid bond — a bond that guarantees the fulfilment of an offer or bid if it is accepted
- biddings — command; summons; invitation: I went there at his bidding.
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- bidie-in — a live-in sexual partner
- bien hoa — a town in S Vietnam: a former capital of Cambodia. Pop: 520 000 (2005 est)
- biennale — an event occurring every two years
- biennial — A biennial event happens or is done once every two years.