8-letter words containing s, i, l
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- billings — Josh (dʒɑʃ ) ; jäsh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biosolid — relating to residue from treated sewage
- biserial — in two rows
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bistable — having two stable states
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- bleakish — quite pale
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- blimpish — highly conservative and nationalistic
- 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.
- bliss-10 — (language) A version of BLISS from CMU for the PDP-10.
- bliss-11 — (language) A cross-compiler for the PDP-11 running on a PDP-10. Written at CMU to support the C.mmp/Hydra project.
- bliss-32 — (language) A version of BLISS from DEC for VAX/VMS.
- bliss-36 — (language) DEC's equivalent of BLISS-10.
- blissful — A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- blokeish — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an ordinary man
- blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- blousily — in the manner of a blouse
- blousing — a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
- blowfish — puffer (sense 2)
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- boltings — (of flour) the coarse particles separated by sifting
- bonspiel — a curling match
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- box sill — a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.
- 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
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- brisling — another name for a sprat, esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil
- bristled — one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.