8-letter words containing il
- billbook — a pocketbook record of bills received, paid, etc
- billeted — lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- billfold — A billfold is a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards.
- billhead — a printed form for making out bills
- billhook — a cutting tool with a wooden handle and a curved blade terminating in a hook at its tip, used for pruning, chopping, etc
- billi bi — a rich soup of mussels, cream, shallots, and white wine.
- billiard — of or relating to billiards
- billings — Josh (dʒɑʃ ) ; jäsh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- billiton — an island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea between Borneo and Sumatra. Chief town: Tanjungpandan. Area: 4833 sq km (1866 sq miles)
- billowed — a great wave or surge of the sea.
- billyboy — a type of river barge
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- 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.
- bloodily — in a bloody manner
- blousily — in the manner of a blouse
- bluebill — any of various American ducks with bluish bills; esp., the scaup
- bluegill — a common North American freshwater sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus: an important food and game fish
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- bodiless — having no body or substance; incorporeal or insubstantial
- boil off — to remove or be removed (from) by boiling
- boil-off — Rocketry. any vapor loss from the oxidizer or fuel in a rocket during countdown.
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
- bombilla — a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.
- bone oil — a dark brown pungent oil, containing pyridine and hydrocarbons, obtained by the destructive distillation of bones
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
- bouillon — Bouillon is a liquid made by boiling meat and bones or vegetables in water and used to make soups and sauces.
- box file — a rigid file which opens like a box, usually made of strong cardboard and able to hold a large quantity of documents
- box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
- box sill — a sill for a building frame, composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a joist or header at the outer edge of the plate, as well as a soleplate for the studs resting either directly on the joists or on the rough flooring.
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- brantail — a redstart
- brasilia — the capital of Brazil (since 1960), on the central plateau: the former capital was Rio de Janeiro. Pop: 3 341 000 (2005 est)
- brasilin — brazilin
- brazilin — a pale yellow soluble crystalline solid, turning red in alkaline solution, extracted from brazil wood and sappanwood and used in dyeing and as an indicator. Formula: C16H14O5
- breezily — abounding in breezes; windy.
- brigsail — a large gaffsail on the mainmast or trysail mast of a brig.
- broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
- broodily — in a broody manner
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bugzilla — (programming) The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.