8-letter words containing i, c, a
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- 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.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- barbaric — If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- 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.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- 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
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- batching — a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- bauxitic — consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite
- bay city — a lake port in E Michigan, near the mouth of the Saginaw River.
- beaching — an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- 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
- 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.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biblical — Biblical means contained in or relating to the Bible.
- bicaudal — having two tails
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bin card — an index card in or affixed to a bin identifying its contents
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- biphasic — having two phases
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- birdcage — A birdcage is a cage in which birds are kept.
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- 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.
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- boadicea — Boudicca
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain