8-letter words containing b, u, i, l
- bluewing — a variety of teal, Anas discors, native to the Americas
- bluffing — to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
- blunting — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blurbist — a person who writes blurbs
- blurrier — blurred; indistinct.
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bouillon — Bouillon is a liquid made by boiling meat and bones or vegetables in water and used to make soups and sauces.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- brunhild — (in the Nibelungenlied) a legendary queen won for King Gunther by the magic of Siegfried: corresponds to Brynhild in Norse mythology
- bubaline — (of antelopes) relating to or resembling the bubal
- bubblier — full of, producing, or characterized by bubbles.
- bubbling — a nearly spherical body of gas contained in a liquid.
- buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bucolics — a pastoral poem.
- 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
- bugzilla — (programming) The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.
- build in — to incorporate or construct as an integral part
- build on — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- build up — If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- building — A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
- built-in — Built-in devices or features are included in something as a part of it, rather than being separate.
- built-up — A built-up area is an area such as a town or city which has a lot of buildings in it.
- bulfinch — Charles1763-1844; U.S. architect
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bulimiac — pertaining to, resembling, or affected by bulimia.
- bulletin — A bulletin is a short news report on the radio or television.
- bullgine — a steam locomotive
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bulllike — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- bullring — A bullring is a circular area of ground surrounded by rows of seats where bullfights take place.
- bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
- bullwhip — A bullwhip is a very long, heavy whip.
- bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
- bullyism — the belief in systematic bullying
- bumbling — If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- bundling — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- bungling — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
- buntline — one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
- burbling — the bubbling or gurgling sound of water
- burleigh — Burghley
- bus line — the route of a bus or buses.
- bushlike — resembling a bush
- bushline — an airline that flies over sparsely inhabited territory to serve isolated settlements.