8-letter words containing bl
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blatting — bleat.
- blaxican — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person of mixed-race heritage who self-identifies racially and culturally as both African American and Mexican-American.
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- bleached — made lighter in colour
- bleacher — Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
- bleakest — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bleakish — quite pale
- blearily — (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- blebbing — the formation of a bleb
- bleeding — Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something.
- bleeping — (used as a substitute word for one regarded as objectionable): Get that bleeping cat out of here!
- blencher — someone employed to scare or obstruct
- blend in — If something blends into the background, it is so similar to the background that it is difficult to see or hear it separately.
- blending — to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
- blenheim — a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession
- blesbuck — blesbok.
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- 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.
- bletting — the ripening of fruit, especially of fruit stored until the desired degree of softness is attained.
- bleuatre — blueish
- blighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- blighter — You can refer to someone you do not like as a blighter.
- blimpish — highly conservative and nationalistic
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- blindcat — any of several catfishes, as Satan eurystomus (widemouth blindcat) of Texas, that inhabit underground streams and have undeveloped eyes and unpigmented skin.
- blinders — Blinders are two pieces of leather that are placed at the side of a horse's eyes so that it can only see straight ahead.
- blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.
- blinging — flashy and expensive
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- blinking — (intensifier)
- blipping — bleeping.
- blipvert — a very short television advertisement
- bliss-10 — (language) A version of BLISS from CMU for the PDP-10.
- bliss-11 — (language) A cross-compiler for the PDP-11 running on a PDP-10. Written at CMU to support the C.mmp/Hydra project.
- bliss-32 — (language) A version of BLISS from DEC for VAX/VMS.
- bliss-36 — (language) DEC's equivalent of BLISS-10.
- blissful — A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.
- blissout — supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
- blistery — having blisters, as paint or glass.
- blithely — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blitzing — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
- blizzard — A blizzard is a very heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- block in — If you are blocked in, someone has parked their car in such a way that you cannot drive yours away.
- block up — If you block something up or if it blocks up, it is blocked completely so that nothing can get through it.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.