8-letter words containing i, l, b, r
- 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
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- breezily — abounding in breezes; windy.
- bridally — in a manner appropriate for a bride
- bridling — part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- brit lit — British literature, esp current fashionable writing
- brittled — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
- broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- broodily — in a broody manner
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- bubblier — full of, producing, or characterized by bubbles.
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- burleigh — Burghley
- by-liner — a writer whose work is accompanied by a by-line
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cabrilla — any of various serranid food fishes, esp Epinephelus analogus, occurring in warm seas around Florida and the Caribbean
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calabria — a region of SW Italy: mostly mountainous and subject to earthquakes. Chief town: Reggio di Calabria. Pop: 2 007 392 (2003 est). Area: 15 080 sq km (5822 sq miles)
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- carbanil — phenyl isocyanate.
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- claribel — a female given name.
- climbers — Plural form of climber.
- colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
- corbeils — Plural form of corbeil.
- crabbily — in a crabby manner
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- credible — Credible means able to be trusted or believed.
- credibly — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- crucible — A crucible is a pot in which metals or other substances can be melted or heated up to very high temperatures.
- diablery — Sorcery.
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.