8-letter words containing a, b, e, l, i
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- 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.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brailler — a device for producing text in Braille
- breccial — of or relating to breccia
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- buddleia — any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calibers — Plural form of caliber.
- calibres — Plural form of calibre.
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- claribel — a female given name.
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- cribella — Plural form of cribellum.
- defiable — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- deniable — able to be denied; questionable
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- diabelli — Antonio [ahn-toh-nee-oh] /ɑnˈtoʊ niˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1781–1858, Austrian composer and music publisher.
- diablery — Sorcery.
- diggable — capable of being dug
- dimmable — Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- disabler — to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate: The detective successfully disabled the bomb. He was disabled by the accident.
- disables — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disable.
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- enabling — software enabling
- enviable — Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- evadible — That can be evaded.
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- evitable — Possible to avoid; avertible.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- exilable — (of a crime or wrongdoing) punishable by exile