8-letter words containing i, l, d
- bird flu — Bird flu is a virus which can be transmitted from chickens, ducks, and other birds to people.
- birdcall — the characteristic call or song of a bird
- birdlife — The birdlife in a place is all the birds that live there.
- birdlike — If someone has a birdlike manner, they move or look like a bird.
- birdlime — a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- bleeding — Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something.
- blend in — If something blends into the background, it is so similar to the background that it is difficult to see or hear it separately.
- blending — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- blighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blinders — Blinders are two pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see straight ahead.
- blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- blondine — (of a woman) to dye (one's hair) blonde
- blonding — the act or an instance of dyeing hair blonde
- blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- bloodfin — a silvery red-finned South American freshwater fish, Aphyocharax rubripinnis: a popular aquarium fish: family Characidae (characins)
- bloodied — stained with or covered in blood
- bloodily — in a bloody manner
- blooding — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- 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
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- 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.
- 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
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- brittled — having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
- 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
- buddleia — any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae
- build in — to incorporate or construct as an integral part
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
- bundling — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- c++linda — (language)
- cadillac — something that is the most luxurious or highest quality of its kind
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- caldaria — Plural form of caldarium.