8-letter words containing i, l, e, a
- bindable — capable of being tied by a rope
- binnacle — a housing for a ship's compass
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biserial — in two rows
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bistable — having two stable states
- biteable — denoting something which can be bitten
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- bleakish — quite pale
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- bletilla — any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- 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
- 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
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cageling — a bird kept in a cage
- calamine — Calamine is a liquid that you can put on your skin when it is sore or itchy.
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calcanei — Plural form of calcaneus.
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calciner — a person or thing that calcines.
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- caliceal — (botany) Relating to a calyx.
- caliches — Plural form of caliche.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- calipers — Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calliper — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.