8-letter words containing a, b, u, l
- labdanum — a resinous juice that exudes from various rockroses of the genus Cistus: used in perfumery, fumigating substances, etc.
- labellum — the petal of an orchid that differs more or less markedly from the other petals, often forming the most conspicuous part; the lip.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- laudable — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- laudably — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- liquable — able to be melted
- liquitab — a soluble plastic capsule containing liquid detergent or medicine
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- luggable — (esp of computers) portable, but with difficulty
- mail hub — mail server
- mealybug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- muhlbach — Luise [loo-ee-zuh] /luˈi zə/ (Show IPA), (Klara Müller Mundt) 1814–73, German novelist.
- mumblage — /muhm'bl*j/ The topic of one's mumbling (see mumble). "All that mumblage" is used like "all that stuff" when it is not quite clear how the subject of discussion works, or like "all that crap" when "mumble" is being used as an implicit replacement for pejoratives.
- muteable — Capable of being muted.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- nullable — That may be nullified; nullifiable.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbate — a compound formed from lead oxide
- pourable — able to be poured
- prunable — Archaic. to preen.
- pubertal — of, relating to, or characteristic of puberty.
- publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- pull tab — a metal tab or ring that is pulled to uncover the precut opening in a can or other container.
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- 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
- reburial — the act of burying (something, esp a dead body) in the ground again
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- reusable — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- rubellan — a red-coloured mineral
- rubrical — reddish; marked with red.