8-letter words containing is
- bathmism — a hypothetical growth-force, once thought to animate living beings
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- beakfish — Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
- beauvais — a market town in N France, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Paris. Pop: 55 392 (1999)
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- bendwise — diagonally
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- beniseed — the sesame seed
- bepraise — to praise highly
- berberis — any shrub of the berberidaceous genus Berberis
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- big fish — If you describe someone as a big fish, you believe that they are powerful or important in some way.
- bigamist — A bigamist is a person who commits the crime of marrying someone when they are already legally married to someone else.
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- binarism — the state of being binary
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- biscotti — hard, plain, bar-shaped cookies containing almonds or hazelnuts
- biscotto — a thin Italian biscuit
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- biserial — in two rows
- bisexual — Someone who is bisexual is sexually attracted to both men and women.
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bistable — having two stable states
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- bleakish — quite pale
- blimpish — highly conservative and nationalistic
- bliss-10 — (language) A version of BLISS from CMU for the PDP-10.
- bliss-11 — (language) A cross-compiler for the PDP-11 running on a PDP-10. Written at CMU to support the C.mmp/Hydra project.
- bliss-32 — (language) A version of BLISS from DEC for VAX/VMS.
- bliss-36 — (language) DEC's equivalent of BLISS-10.
- blissful — A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blockish — lacking vivacity or imagination; stupid
- blokeish — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an ordinary man
- blondish — (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
- blowfish — puffer (sense 2)
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- bobruisk — a port in Belarus, on the River Berezina: engineering, timber, tyre manufacturing. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- boiserie — finely-sculptured wood panelling or wainscoating, particularly in 18th-century French architecture