8-letter words containing l, b, e
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- bareland — (of a croft) having no house attached
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barrable — able to be barred
- barreled — Having the specified number of barrels.
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- bas bleu — a bluestocking; intellectual woman
- basaltes — unglazed black stoneware
- bascules — Plural form of bascule.
- baseball — In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
- baselard — a historical (predominantly 13th–17th century) short Swiss sword with a distinctive crescent-shaped pommel and crossguard
- baseless — If you describe an accusation, rumour, or report as baseless, you mean that it is not true and is not based on facts.
- baseline — The baseline of a tennis, badminton, or basketball court is one of the lines at each end of the court that mark the limits of play.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- bashless — not ashamed; unabashed
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- basileus — A title of the Byzantine emperor.
- bassline — (in jazz, rock, and pop music) the part played by the bass guitar
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- bateless — not abating or not able to be abated
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bathless — without a bath
- battaile — (obsolete spelling of, battle).
- batteler — (at Oxford University) a student who charges food and other costs to a battel account
- battleax — If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battleax, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
- battlers — Plural form of battler.
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- bdellium — any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
- be all … — used for emphasis when introducing direct speech or nonverbal communication
- be along — to come or arrive
- beadlike — resembling a bead
- beadroll — a list of persons for whom prayers are to be offered
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- beaklike — Resembling a beak; pointed.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- beamline — (physics) The line traveled by a particle beam in an accelerator.
- beanball — a ball pitched with the intention of hitting the batsman
- beanlike — resembling a bean
- beanpole — If you call someone a beanpole, you are criticizing them because you think that they are extremely tall and thin.
- bearable — If something is bearable, you feel that you can accept it or deal with it.