8-letter words containing i, s, e
- bendwise — diagonally
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- beninese — of or relating to Benin or its people
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- beniseed — the sesame seed
- bepraise — to praise highly
- berberis — any shrub of the berberidaceous genus Berberis
- beshiver — to shatter
- besieged — to lay siege to.
- besieger — to lay siege to.
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- besognio — a young soldier
- best fit — (algorithm) A resource allocation scheme (usually for memory). Best Fit allocates resources in a way that optimises some parameter. Alternative schemes such as first fit or random allocation are likely to be quicker but sub-optimal in use of resources. For example, when allocating a new block of memory from a pool of free blocks (a heap), one might choose the smallest space which is big enough. This would leave larger spaces free to satisfy larger requests and reduce fragmentation of the remaining free space.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- besuited — wearing a suit
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- biasness — an indirectness in speech or conduct
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- big easy — the New Orleans
- big eyes — any of several silver and red fishes of the family Priacanthidae, found in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and in the West Indies, having a short, flattened body and large eyes.
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bimester — a period of two months
- binaries — binary file
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- birdseed — Birdseed is seeds that you give to birds as food.
- birdseye — Clarence1886-1956; U.S. inventor of methods of quick-freezing foods
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- biserial — in two rows
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bistable — having two stable states
- bleakish — quite pale
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- 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.
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blokeish — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an ordinary man
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- boiserie — finely-sculptured wood panelling or wainscoating, particularly in 18th-century French architecture
- bombesin — a hormone partly responsible for regulating appetite
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- bonefish — a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
- boniness — the condition of being bony