8-letter words containing t, a, l
- ballasts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballast.
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballotee — a person who has been balloted or conscripted, esp into military service or into the mines
- balloter — a person who votes by ballot
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- banality — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- bantling — a young child; brat
- barbital — diethylbarbituric acid, C8H12N2O3, a drug in the form of a white powder, used as a hypnotic and sedative: it is habit-forming and toxic
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barrault — Jean-Louis (ʒɑ̃lwi). 1910–94, French actor and director, noted particularly as a mime
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- basalt's — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basaltes — unglazed black stoneware
- basaltic — the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- bathless — without a bath
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- battalia — the arrangement of military troops prepared for battle
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battleax — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bay salt — salt derived by evaporating seawater in the sun.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beastial — Misspelling of bestial.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beat all — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatable — Someone who is beatable can be beaten.
- beatless — without a beat, not beating
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- belt bag — a bag that can be attached to a belt
- belt man — a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals