8-letter words containing r, e, l, i
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- balefire — a bonfire
- ballsier — Comparative form of ballsy.
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
- barbicel — any of the minute hooks on the barbules of feathers that interlock with those of adjacent barbules
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- bedrivel — to drivel upon or cover in dribble
- begirdle — to surround with a girdle
- beguiler — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- belfried — with a belfry
- believer — If you are a great believer in something, you think that it is good, right, or useful.
- beliquor — to cause to be drunk
- bellaire — a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- bellbird — any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- berliner — a native or inhabitant of Berlin
- bernicle — barnacle goose: a N European goose that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.