8-letter words containing la
- blackmun — Harry Andrew1908-99; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1970-94)
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- bladdery — like a bladder
- bladelet — a small, blade-shaped, sometimes retouched piece of stone used as the cutting edge of a weapon or tool by late Stone Age peoples.
- blagging — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- blamable — that deserves blame; culpable
- blameful — deserving blame; guilty
- blanched — to force back or to one side; head off, as a deer or other quarry.
- blancher — someone who blanches
- blandest — pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
- blandish — to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- blastoid — a type of extinct echinoderm, which can be found in fossil form in regions of North America
- blastoma — a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
- blastula — an early form of an animal embryo that develops from a morula, consisting of a sphere of cells with a central cavity
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blatting — bleat.
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- 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.
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- blue law — any of the strict puritanical laws prevalent in colonial New England
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- bombilla — a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.
- bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- bootlast — a foot-shaped piece of wood or metal inserted into a boot or shoe to help it keep its shape
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brucella — any of a genus of nonmotile bacteria that cause brucellosis
- bucellas — a Portuguese white wine
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- bugzilla — (programming) The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- bus lane — A bus lane is a part of the road which is intended to be used only by buses.
- bushland — uncultivated land (esp in Australia) that is covered with trees, shrubs, or other natural vegetation
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cabrilla — any of various serranid food fishes, esp Epinephelus analogus, occurring in warm seas around Florida and the Caribbean