8-letter words containing a, b, e
- amusable — capable of being amused
- anabaena — any freshwater alga of the genus Anabaena, sometimes occurring in drinking water, giving it a fishy taste and smell
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- anaerobe — an organism that does not require oxygen for respiration
- ant bear — a large, ant-eating, edentate mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central America and tropical South America, with a long, shaggy tail; giant anteater
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- antbears — Plural form of antbear.
- arabella — a feminine name: dim. Bella
- arabises — any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbiters — Plural form of arbiter.
- arbitrer — arbitrator.
- arboreal — Arboreal animals live in trees.
- arborise — To cause to have a tree like appearance.
- arborite — a brand of laminated plastic sheets containing melamine, used esp for heat-resistant surfaces that can be easily cleaned
- arborize — to give, or take on, a treelike branched appearance
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- arguable — If you say that it is arguable that something is true, you believe that it can be supported by evidence and that many people would agree with it.
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- asbestos — Asbestos is a grey material which does not burn and which has been used as a protection against fire or heat.
- asbestus — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- at table — at a meal
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- avowable — Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
- axle-box — the journal box of a rotating axle
- b-sample — a urine or blood sample used in doping tests in professional sports to confirm or invalidate the presence of banned substances in the first sample, the A-sample
- baalebos — the master of the house
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- babblers — Plural form of babbler.
- babeldom — a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.