8-letter words containing a, b, i, n
- gambling — any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- grabbing — Present participle of grab.
- habitant — an inhabitant.
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- handbill — a small printed notice, advertisement, or announcement, usually for distribution by hand.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hannibal — 247–183 b.c, Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy (son of Hamilcar Barca).
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- ibn-ezra — Abraham Ben Meir. 1093–1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- inarable — Not arable.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- ink ball — one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- inviable — (of an organism) incapable of sustaining its own life.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jingbang — (colloquial, chiefly, Scotland) thing, lot, shebang.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- joinable — That can be joined.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- labeling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambling — a small lamb
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- lesbians — Plural form of lesbian.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- liberian — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- lienable — capable of being made the subject of a lien