8-letter words containing a, b, e, o
- off-base — located outside the perimeters of a military base: off-base housing for officers.
- off-beam — If you describe something or someone as off-beam, you mean that they are wrong or inaccurate.
- off-beat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- openable — capable of being opened.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- ovenable — able to be cooked in an oven.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- overbeat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- parabole — a simile
- peat bog — a swamp in which peat has accumulated.
- peekaboo — Also called bo-peep. a game played by or with very young children, typically in which one covers the face or hides and then suddenly uncovers the face or reappears, calling “Peekaboo!”.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- perborax — sodium perborate.
- pollable — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- portable — portability
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- pourable — able to be poured
- preboard — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- reabsorb — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- rehoboam — the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- rheobase — the minimum electric current required to excite a given nerve or muscle.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- rollable — able to roll or be rolled
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- ropeable — ropable.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.