8-letter words containing l, i, e, b
- blend in — If something blends into the background, it is so similar to the background that it is difficult to see or hear it separately.
- blending — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- blenheim — a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- 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.
- bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
- blighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- 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.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blithely — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blokeish — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an ordinary man
- blondine — (of a woman) to dye (one's hair) blonde
- bloodied — stained with or covered in blood
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- blowpipe — a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing
- blue ice — the oldest and densest ice in a glacier, distinguished by a pale-blue color.
- blue tit — A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.
- bluebill — any of various American ducks with bluish bills; esp., the scaup
- bluebird — any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluegill — a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish
- blueline — a blue-toned photographic print used as a proof for platemaking
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- bluewing — a variety of teal, Anas discors, native to the Americas
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- 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.
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- bolo tie — a cord, worn as a necktie, with an ornamented fastening for adjusting the neck loop
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- bone oil — a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
- bonspiel — a curling match
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box file — a rigid file which opens like a box, usually made of strong cardboard and able to hold a large quantity of documents
- 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
- breezily — abounding in breezes; windy.
- brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.