8-letter words containing t, e, b, i
- billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimbette — a woman who is considered sexually attractive but unintelligent
- bimester — a period of two months
- biometer — a device for measuring the production of carbon dioxide in functioning tissue
- biometry — the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
- birretta — a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistable — having two stable states
- bit rate — the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- biteable — denoting something which can be bitten
- bitewing — a dental X-ray film
- bittered — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- bitterly — You use bitterly when you are describing an attitude which involves strong, unpleasant emotions such as anger or dislike.
- bivalent — (of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- bletilla — any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers.
- bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
- 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.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blithely — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- blue tit — A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bobbinet — a netted fabric of hexagonal mesh, made on a lace machine
- bobwhite — a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird
- boehmite — a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
- boeotian — a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece
- boertjie — a person, esp a friend, often used as a term of address
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- 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
- bolo tie — a cord, worn as a necktie, with an ornamented fastening for adjusting the neck loop
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- botanize — to collect or study plants
- bountied — offering a bounty.
- boutique — A boutique is a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, or jewellery.
- bowenite — a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
- box kite — a kite with a boxlike frame open at both ends
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breviate — a short account; a summary
- briefest — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.