8-letter words containing i, l, e, a
- balinese — of or relating to Bali, its people, or their language
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- balkline — a line at one end of a table from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made
- ball ice — floating balls of slushy ice formed at sea.
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- banalize — to make banal
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- banlieue — a suburb of a city
- banville — Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- 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
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beaulieu — a village in S England, in Hampshire: site of Palace House, seat of Lord Montagu and once the gatehouse of the ruined 13th-century abbey; the National Motor Museum is in its grounds. Pop: 809 (2001)
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- belizean — of or relating to Belize or its inhabitants
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- biddable — having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- biennale — an event occurring every two years
- biennial — A biennial event happens or is done once every two years.
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billable — referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimensal — occurring every two months