8-letter words containing i, l, b, r
- purblind — nearly or partially blind; dim-sighted.
- quibbler — an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- rabbling — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- rabelais — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- radiable — to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
- railbird — a horse-racing fan who watches races or workouts from the railing along the track.
- rambling — aimlessly wandering.
- reboiler — A reboiler is a stage in distillation when a liquid is heated again to make some of it become a vapor.
- reburial — the act of burying (something, esp a dead body) in the ground again
- reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- reliably — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- rideable — capable of being ridden, as a horse.
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- rippable — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- risibles — a person's sense of humour
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- rubrical — reddish; marked with red.
- rumbling — a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- scribble — to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
- sorbitol — a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- stibbler — a preacher who is awaiting a permanent ministerial position
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- strobile — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strobili — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- subviral — of or relating to any macromolecule smaller in size or possessing a lesser degree of organization than a comparable intact viral particle.
- terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- terribly — in a terrible manner.
- therblig — (in time and motion study) any of the basic elements involved in completing a given manual operation or task that can be subjected to analysis.
- thurible — a censer.
- trebling — threefold; triple.
- tribelet — a tribe having few members, especially one that is a component of a larger tribal organization.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- trilbies — feet
- trilobed — trilobate.
- turbinal — turbinate.
- ulbricht — Walter [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.
- unbridle — to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
- unilobar — (of an organ in the body) having, consisting of, or relating to one lobe
- unlimber — not limber; inflexible; stiff.
- urobilin — a brownish pigment found in faeces and sometimes in urine. It is formed by oxidation of urobilinogen, a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine
- variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- variably — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- warbling — to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
- whimbrel — a curlew, Numenius phaeopus, of both the New and Old Worlds.
- whirlbat — a weapon used in medieval times
- writable — capable of being written or set down in writing.
- wrybills — Plural form of wrybill.