8-letter words containing l, b, t
- bedlight — a bedlamp.
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- bedquilt — a padded bedcover
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- belitong — Billiton.
- belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- belitung — island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea, between Borneo & Sumatra: 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km)
- bellcote — a small roofed structure for bells
- belleter — a person who makes bells
- bellotto — Bernardo [ber-nahr-doh;; Italian ber-nahr-daw] /bərˈnɑr doʊ;; Italian bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), (Canaletto) 1720–80, Italian painter.
- bellwort — any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia, having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
- belmonte — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1893–1962, Spanish matador.
- belostok — a city in E Poland.
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- belt man — a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- belt out — If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
- beltless — lacking a belt
- beltline — a line separating a car's windows from the main body
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- benfleet — a town in SE England, in S Essex on an inlet of the Thames estuary. Pop: 48 539 (2001)
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- betazole — a substance, C 5 H 9 N 3 , used in medicine to stimulate gastric secretion.
- betelnut — the seed of the betel palm, chewed with betel leaves and lime by people in S and SE Asia as a digestive stimulant and narcotic
- bethrall — to make a slave of
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bidental — a sacred place where lightning has struck
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- billiton — an island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra. Chief town: Tanjungpandan. Area: 4833 sq km (1866 sq miles)
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- biolytic — able to destroy life.
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- bistable — having two stable states
- biteable — denoting something which can be bitten
- bitingly — nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation on the tongue.
- bitterly — You use bitterly when you are describing an attitude which involves strong, unpleasant emotions such as anger or dislike.
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackett — Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- bladelet — a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blanquet — a variety of French pear