8-letter words containing a, b, s, o
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- sea boot — a very high waterproof boot worn by fishermen and sailors
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- sgabello — a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.
- 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.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slobland — an area of muddy or alluvial ground
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- smallboy — the steward's assistant or deputy steward in European households in W Africa
- smokable — suitable for being smoked.
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- soap-box — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- soapbark — a Chilean tree, Quillaja saponaria, of the rose family, having evergreen leaves and small, white flowers.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- soembawa — Dutch name of Sumbawa.
- sofa bed — a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.
- sofa-bed — a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.
- softback — paperback book
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- solvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.
- sorbable — able to absorb
- sorbaria — a deciduous Asian shrub
- sorocaba — a city in SE Brazil, W of São Paulo.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- sowbread — any of several species of cyclamen, especially Cyclamen hederifolium, a low-growing Old World plant having mottled leaves and pink or white flowers.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- sub rosa — confidentially; secretly; privately.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- subnodal — below the level of a node