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8-letter words containing a, b, o, u, t

  • obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
  • obturate — to stop up; close.
  • out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
  • outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
  • outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
  • outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
  • outboast — to surpass in boasting
  • outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
  • outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
  • outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
  • outfable — to exceed in creating fables
  • pinatuboMount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
  • quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
  • quotably — in a quotable manner
  • runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
  • saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
  • shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
  • stamboul — Istanbul
  • subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
  • subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
  • subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
  • subovate — almost egg-shaped
  • subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
  • subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
  • subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
  • surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
  • tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
  • tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
  • tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
  • toad bug — any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.
  • tombaughClyde William, 1906–97, U.S. astronomer: discovered Pluto 1930.
  • turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine
  • turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
  • umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
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