8-letter words containing a, b, r, i
- fibromas — Plural form of fibroma.
- fimbriae — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- fimbrial — Of or pertaining to the fimbriae.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebrat — a bristletail, Thermobia domestica, that lives in areas around furnaces, boilers, steampipes, etc.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- 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.
- gabrieli — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garbling — Present participle of garble.
- gill bar — branchial arch (def 1).
- grabbing — Present participle of grab.
- hairball — a ball of hair accumulated in the stomach or intestines of a cat or other animal as a result of the animal's licking its coat.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hebraize — to use expressions or constructions distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- herbaria — Plural form of herbarium.
- hibernal — of or relating to winter; wintry.
- hibernia — Ireland.
- high bar — a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
- hireable — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- ibn-ezra — Abraham Ben Meir. 1093–1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain
- inarable — Not arable.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- inurbane — not urbane; lacking in courtesy, refinement, etc.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kiribati — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.
- 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.
- ladybird — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- libatory — relating to libation
- liberace — (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919–87, U.S. pianist and entertainer.