8-letter words containing il
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- availing — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- aventail — the movable front flap on a helmet
- axilemma — the membrane surrounding the axon of a nerve fiber.
- axillary — of, relating to, or near the armpit
- baby oil — oil for babies' skin
- bacillar — (biology) Shaped like a rod or staff.
- bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backfill — to refill an excavated trench, esp (in archaeology) at the end of an investigation
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailable — eligible for release on bail
- bailbond — a document in which a prisoner and one or more sureties guarantee that the prisoner will attend the court hearing of the charge against him if he is released on bail
- bailiffs — Plural form of bailiff.
- bailings — Plural form of bailing.
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bailsman — someone who stands bail for another
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- banville — Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barfmail — (messaging) Multiple bounce messages accumulating to the level of serious annoyance, or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an inter-network mail gateway goes down or misbehaves.
- basilard — a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- basilary — Basilar.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- 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
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- basilian — a monk of the Eastern Christian order of St Basil, founded in Cappadocia in the 4th century ad
- basilica — A basilica is a church which is rectangular in shape and has a rounded end.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- basilius — Saint, Basil, Saint.
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- bedevils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedevil.
- bedquilt — a padded bedcover
- bedrails — Plural form of bedrail.
- beeville — a city in S Texas.
- beguiler — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- bilabial — of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips
- bilander — a small two-masted cargo ship
- bilberry — A bilberry is a small, round, dark-blue fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe.
- bilinear — of or referring to two lines
- bill joy — William Joy
- billable — referring to time worked, esp by a lawyer, on behalf of a particular client and for which that client will be expected to pay