8-letter words containing t, b
- bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
- bleuatre — blueish
- 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.
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blithely — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blitzing — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- blogpost — A blogpost is a piece of writing that forms part of a regular blog.
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blondest — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- blotless — without blots or blemishes, pure, faultless
- blotting — a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- blow-out — (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- blowtube — a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat
- blu-tack — a type of blue, malleable, sticky material used to attach paper, card, etc to walls and other surfaces
- blue jet — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
- blue tit — A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.
- bluebeat — a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s; a precursor of reggae
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- blunkett — David, Baron. born 1947, British Labour politician: home secretary (2001–04)
- blunting — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boat bed — a bed of the Empire period having raised ends terminating in outward scrolls.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- boatable — able to be carried by boat
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boathook — a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- boatload — A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- boatsman — boatman.
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.