8-letter words containing s, i, u
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- basquine — a tight-fitting bodice worn by women in the Basque region and in Spain
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beauvais — a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- bejesuit — to convert to Jesuitism
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- besuited — wearing a suit
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- bhikshus — a monk.
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol
- bicuspid — having or terminating in two cusps or points
- big guns — an influential or important person or thing: He's a big gun in science.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- bobruisk — a port in Belarus, on the River Berezina: engineering, timber, tyre manufacturing. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bousouki — bouzouki.
- brancusi — Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms
- briareus — a giant with a hundred arms and fifty heads who aided Zeus and the Olympians against the Titans
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bruising — If someone has bruising on their body, they have bruises on it.
- brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
- bsd unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- buckskin — Buckskin is soft, strong leather made from the skin of a deer or a goat.
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
- buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
- bullyism — the belief in systematic bullying
- burinist — a person who works with a burin