8-letter words containing se
- be arsed — to be willing, inclined, or prepared (esp in the phrase can't be arsed)
- beam sea — a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.
- beehouse — A beehive or apiary.
- bendwise — diagonally
- beninese — of or relating to Benin or its people
- beniseed — the sesame seed
- bepraise — to praise highly
- berceuse — a cradlesong or lullaby
- beseemly — becoming; suitable
- beseleel — Bezaleel.
- bespouse — to marry
- bessemer — Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- birdseed — Birdseed is seeds that you give to birds as food.
- birdseye — Clarence1886-1956; U.S. inventor of methods of quick-freezing foods
- 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.
- bluenose — a puritanical or prudish person
- bodensee — Constance2 (sense 2)
- boiserie — finely-sculptured wood panelling or wainscoating, particularly in 18th-century French architecture
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- bosseyed — cross-eyed.
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- boudeuse — a sofa or settee, usually upholstered, having two seats with a common backrest between them.
- box seat — a seat in a theatre box
- brandise — a trivet
- brussels — the capital of Belgium, in the central part: became capital of Belgium in 1830; seat of the European Commission. Pop: 999 899 (2004 est)
- bud vase — a relatively tall, slender vase, usually footed, for holding a single, stemmed flower, usually a rosebud
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- buginese — a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern part of Sulawesi.
- bullnose — a rounded exterior angle, as where two walls meet
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- burnoose — a long cloak with a hood, worn by Arabs and Moors
- bypassed — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- bypasser — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- cabooses — Plural form of caboose.
- cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
- caddised — trimmed with caddis
- callused — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calluses — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- campuses — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- canalise — (British spelling) To convert a river or other waterway into a canal.
- canarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- canonise — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.