From The Fire-Side Picture Alphabet of Humour and Droll Moral Tales; or Words & their Meaning, Illustrated. (1858) Courtesy of Double M
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(I’ll break the ice soon)
The world, blank canvas
Muted bare by apathy
Brush nor paint in sight
Only light, distinct Beauty
Brought my weary eyes to life
(trying my hand at different forms; sonnet could take time)
There are 1,833 words containing eight letters with the first being letter “B”:
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blastier, blasting, blastoff, blastoid, blastula, blastule, blatancy, blathers, blatters, blatting, blazoned, blazoner, blazonry, bleached, bleacher, bleaches, bleakest, bleakish, bleareye, blearier, blearily, blearing, bleaters, bleating, bleeders, bleeding, bleeping, blenched, blencher, blenches, blenders, blending, blendous, blennies, blenniid, blessers, blessing, blethers, bletting, blighted, blighter, blimbing, blimpish, blindage, blinders, blindest, blinding, blinkard, blinkers, blinking, blintzes, blippers, blipping, blissful, blisters, blistery, blithely, blithers, blithest, blitzing, blizzard, bloaters, bloating, blobbing, blockade, blockage, blockers, blockier, blocking, blockish, bloedite, bloncket, blondest, blondish, bloodfin, bloodied, bloodier, bloodies, bloodily, blooding, bloodlet, bloodred, bloodulf, bloodwit, bloomary, bloomers, bloomery, bloomier, blooming, bloopers, blooping, blossoms, blossomy, blotched, blotches, blotless, blotters, blottier, blotting, blousier, 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boracite, boracous, bordeaux, bordello, bordered, borderer, bordland, bordlode, bordures, borealis, borecole, boredoms, boringly, boroughs, borracho, borrowed, borrower, borschts, borstals, boshvark, boskages, boskiest, bosoming, bosporus, bossiest, bossisms, botanies, botanist, botanize, botchers, botchery, botchier, botchily, botching, boteless, bothered, botherer, bothnian, botryoid, botryose, botswana, bottlers, bottling, bottomed, bottomer, bottomry, botulins, botulism, bouchees, boudoirs, bouffant, boughten, bouillon, boulders, bouldery, boulimia, bouncers, bouncier, bouncily, bouncing, boundary, bounders, bounding, bountied, bounties, bouquets, bourbons, bourgeon, bournous, bourrees, boutefeu, boutique, bouzouki, boviform, bovinely, bovinity, boweling, bowelled, bowenite, boweries, bowering, bowfront, bowgrace, bowheads, bowingly, bowknots, bowlders, bowldery, bowlfuls, bowlines, bowlings, bowshots, bowsprit, boxberry, boxiness, boxthorn, boxwoods, boycotts, boydekin, boyhoods, boyishly, brabbler, braccate, bracchia, bracelet, braceros, brachial, brachium, brachman, bracings, brackens, brackets, brackish, bracteal, bractlet, bradawls, bradding, braggart, braggers, braggest, braggier, bragging, bragless, brahmani, brahmans, brahmins, braiders, braiding, brailing, brailled, brailles, brainier, brainily, braining, brainish, brainpan, braising, brakeage, brakeman, brakemen, brambled, brambles, braminic, brancard, branched, brancher, branches, branchia, branders, brandied, brandies, branding, brandish, brandlin, brangled, brangler, brantail, branular, brashest, brashier, brasiers, brasilia, brasilin, brassage, brassard, brassart, brassets, brassica, brassier, brassies, brassily, brassish, bratsche, brattice, brattier, brattish, braunite, bravados, bravoing, bravuras, brawlers, brawlier, brawling, brawnier, brawnily, brazened, brazenly, braziers, brazilin, breached, breacher, breaches, breading, breadths, breakage, breakers, breaking, breakman, breakout, breakups, breaming, breasted, breathed, breather, breathes, breeched, breeches, breeders, breeding, breezier, breezily, breezing, breloque, brennage, brenning, brethren, brettice, brevetcy, breveted, breviary, breviate, breviped, brevipen, brewages, brewings, brezhnev, brezilin, briarean, bribable, brickbat, brickier, bricking, bricktop, bridally, bridalty, bridebed, brideman, bridging, bridlers, bridling, briefest, briefing, briefman, brigaded, brigades, brigands, brighten, brighter, brightly, brimfull, brimless, brimmers, brimming, brindled, brindles, bringers, bringeth, bringing, briniest, brioches, briquets, brisbane, briskest, briskets, brisking, brisling, bristled, bristles, bristols, britches, brittled, brittler, brittles, britzska, broached, broacher, broaches, broadaxe, broadens, broadest, broadish, broadway, brocaded, brocades, brocatel, broccoli, brochure, brockets, brockish, brodekin, broguery, broguish, broiders, broidery, broilers, broiling, brokages, brokenly, brokerly, brollies, bromalin, bromanil, bromides, bromidic, bromines, bromlife, bromuret, bronchia, bronchic, bronchos, bronchus, bronzers, bronzier, bronzine, bronzing, bronzist, bronzite, brooches, brooders, broodier, brooding, brooking, brookite, brooklet, brooklyn, broomier, brooming, brothels, brothers, brothier, brougham, brouhaha, browbeat, browdyng, browless, brownest, brownian, brownier, brownies, browning, brownish, brownism, brownist, brownout, browpost, browsers, browsing, browspot, bruisers, bruising, bruiters, bruiting, brumaire, brunched, brunches, brunette, brushers, brushier, brushing, brushite, brushoff, brushups, bruskest, brusquer, brussels, brustled, brutally, brutisms, bryology, bryozoan, bryozoum, buansuah, bubaline, bubblers, bubblier, bubblies, bubbling, buccinal, buccinum, buchanan, buckaroo, buckbean, buckeroo, bucketed, bucketer, buckeyes, bucklers, buckling, buckrams, bucksaws, buckshot, buckskin, bucktail, bucolics, bucrania, budapest, buddhism, buddhist, budgeted, budgeter, buffable, buffalos, buffered, buffeted, buffeter, buffoons, bufonite, bugaboos, bugbanes, bugbears, buggered, buggiest, bughouse, bugseeds, buhlbuhl, buhlwork, builders, building, buildups, bukshish, bulgaria, bulgiest, bulimiac, bulimias, bulkages, bulkhead, bulkiest, bulldogs, bulldoze, bulleted, bulletin, bullfice, bullfist, bullfrog, bullhead, bullhorn, bullions, bullirag, bullneck, bullnose, bullocks, bullpens, bullpout, bullring, bullrush, bullshit, bullweed, bullwhip, bullwort, bullyboy, bullying, bullyrag, bulwarks, bumbarge, bumblers, bumbling, bumboats, bumpered, bumpiest, bumpkins, bunchier, bunchily, bunching, buncoing, buncombe, bundlers, bundling, bungalow, bungarum, bunghole, bunglers, bungling, bunkered, bunkmate, bunkoing, buntings, buntline, buoyages, buoyance, buoyancy, burblers, burblier, burbling, burdened, burdener, burdocks, burettes, burgamot, burganet, burgeois, burgeons, burghers, burglars, burglary, burgling, burgonet, burgouts, burgrass, burgrave, burgundy, burinist, burlesks, burletta, burliest, burnable, burnings, burnoose, burnouts, burrowed, burrower, burschen, burseeds, bursitis, bursters, bursting, burthens, burweeds, busheled, busheler, bushfire, bushidos, bushiest, bushings, bushless, bushment, bushtits, bushwack, business, buskined, bustards, bustiest, bustlers, bustling, busybody, busyness, busywork, butchers, butchery, buttered, butteris, buttocks, buttoned, buttoner, buttress, buttweld, butylene, butyrate, butyrone, butyrous, buxomest, buzzards, buzzword, bylander, byliners, bylining, bypassed, bypasses, byssuses, bystreet
A very common 1,4,3 phrase is:
I love you
