8-letter words containing a, b, e, o
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harborer — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- isolable — capable of being isolated.
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jamboree — a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- jet boat — a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- joinable — That can be joined.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knowable — capable of being known.
- laborers — Plural form of laborer.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lavaboes — Plural form of lavabo.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
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- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- loadable — Capable of being loaded.