8-letter words containing l, i, b, r
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- bhelpuri — an Indian dish of puffed rice and vegetables
- bicolour — two-coloured
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilberry — A bilberry is a small, round, dark-blue fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe.
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- billiard — of or relating to billiards
- binaural — relating to, having, or hearing with both ears
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- biracial — for, representing, or including members of two races, esp White and Black
- biradial — showing both bilateral and radial symmetry, as certain sea anemones
- 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
- biserial — in two rows
- bitterly — You use bitterly when you are describing an attitude which involves strong, unpleasant emotions such as anger or dislike.
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- 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.
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- 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.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- blogring — a group of blogs joined in a ring
- blowiron — blowpipe (def 2).
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- brachial — of or relating to the arm or to an armlike part or structure
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brantail — a redstart
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.