8-letter words containing a, b, y, l
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- beryllia — beryllium oxide
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- biasedly — in a biased manner
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- biyearly — every two years; biennial or biennially
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- bladdery — like a bladder
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- brazenly — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
- bridally — in a manner appropriate for a bride
- brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- 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)
- bull bay — evergreen magnolia.
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cableway — a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- callboys — Plural form of callboy.
- carbamyl — a radical, NH2CO, that is derived from carbamic acid
- carbaryl — an organic compound of the carbamate group: used as an insecticide, esp to treat head lice
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
- celibacy — Celibacy is the state of being celibate.
- claybank — a dull brownish-orange colour
- clayborn — a male given name.
- copyable — able to be copied
- crabbily — in a crabby manner
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cyclable — fit or designed for bicycle riding: a cyclable road.
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- d'arblay — Madame Frances, Burney, Frances.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- diablery — Sorcery.
- dillybag — (Australia) Alternative form of dilly bag.
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- eyeballs — Plural form of eyeball.
- fallibly — In a fallible manner.