8-letter words containing a, b, i, o
- 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.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isolable — capable of being isolated.
- 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.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jigaboos — Plural form of jigaboo.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- joinable — That can be joined.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kiabooca — padouk.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libatory — relating to libation
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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.
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- mailbomb — Alternative form of mail bomb.
- mainboom — the spar for the mainsail
- manitoba — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- microbar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to one millionth of a bar; one dyne per square centimeter.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- morbihan — a department in W France. 2738 sq. mi. (7090 sq. km). Capital: Vannes.
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- niobrara — a river flowing E from E Wyoming through Nebraska to the Missouri. 431 miles (692 km) long.
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- oblation — the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.