8-letter words containing a, b, o, i
- brainbox — the skull
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- broadish — fairly broad
- brodiaea — any of several plants belonging to the genus Brodiaea, of the amaryllis family, native to western North America, having grasslike basal leaves and clusters of usually purplish flowers.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- cb radio — a device that transmits and receives radio signals only within a designated band of frequencies. Compare Citizens Band.
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- cibation — the act of feeding
- cimbalom — a type of dulcimer, esp of Hungary
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- colombia — a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- coolibah — A northern Australian gum tree that typically grows near watercourses and yields strong, hard timber.
- copiable — Alternative spelling of copyable.
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- diabolic — Diabolic is used to describe things that people think are caused by or belong to the Devil.
- diabolos — Plural form of diabolo.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- fabiform — Shaped like a bean.
- fairborn — a city in W Ohio, near Dayton.
- fibromas — Plural form of fibroma.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- foilable — to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.
- gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gambogic — of or derived from gamboge
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.