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8-letter words containing a, b

  • !!!batch — (language, humour)   A daft way of obfuscating text strings by encoding each character as a different number of exclamation marks surrounded by question marks, e.g. "d" is encoded as "?!!!!?". The language is named after the MSDOS batch file in which the first converter was written.
  • -ability — -ability replaces '-able' at the end of adjectives to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way refer to the state or quality described by the adjectives.
  • -baiting — You use -baiting after nouns to refer to the activity of attacking a particular group of people or laughing at their beliefs.
  • -bashing — -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to strong, public, and often unfair criticism of the people or group mentioned.
  • -bearing — -bearing combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe things that hold the specified substance inside them.
  • -behaved — -behaved combines with adverbs such as 'well' or 'badly' to form adjectives that describe people's or animals' behaviour.
  • -brained — You can combine -brained with nouns to form adjectives which describe the quality of someone's mind when you consider that person to be rather stupid.
  • -enabled — functioning with the specified software
  • 100baset — (networking)   Any of several Fast Ethernet 100 MBps CSMA/CD standards for twisted pair cables, including: 100BaseTx (100 Mbps over two-pair Cat5 or better cable), 100BaseT4 (100 Mbps over four-pair Cat3 or better cable), 100BaseT2 (in committee; 100 Mbps over two-pair Cat3 or better cable). All are standards (or planned standards) under IEEE 802.3.
  • a bit of — rather
  • a/b test — Digital Technology. a comparison of two or more versions of a web page or app in simultaneous use to assess which is the optimized version for achieving a specified design goal or performance metric.
  • ab extra — from the outside.
  • ab intra — from within
  • abaculus — abaciscus.
  • abacuses — Plural form of abacus.
  • abailardPierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), Abélard.
  • abalones — a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
  • abampere — the cgs unit of current in the electromagnetic system; the constant current that, when flowing through two parallel straight infinitely long conductors 1 centimetre apart, will produce a force between them of 2 dynes per centimetre: equivalent to 10 amperes
  • abandons — Plural form of abandon.
  • abapical — away from or opposite the apex
  • abasedly — in an abased manner
  • abashing — Present participle of abash.
  • abastard — To abastardize. (Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.).
  • abatable — able to be abated
  • abatjour — A skylight or other device whose purpose it is to direct light into a room.
  • abattage — the slaughter of animals, especially the slaughter of diseased animals to prevent the infection of others.
  • abattoir — An abattoir is a place where animals are killed in order to provide meat.
  • abatures — Plural form of abature.
  • abbacies — Plural form of abbacy.
  • abbassid — a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled Baghdad ( a.d. 750-1258) and claimed descent from Mohammed's uncle, Abbas
  • abbatial — of or relating to an abbot, abbess, or abbey
  • abbesses — Plural form of abbess.
  • abc soil — a vertical section of soil made up of three distinct layers: the top layer (A-horizon) is mostly humus, the middle layer (B-horizon) is of clay and oxidized material, and the bottom layer (C-horizon) consists of loose rock and other mineral materials
  • abdicant — a person who abdicates
  • abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
  • abdomens — Plural form of abdomen.
  • abdomina — Plural form of abdomen.
  • abducens — abducens nerve.
  • abducent — (of a muscle) abducting
  • abducing — Present participle of abduce.
  • abducted — Simple past tense and past participle of abduct.
  • abductee — someone who is abducted
  • abductor — any muscle that abducts (opposed to adductor).
  • abdullah — 1882–1951, emir of Transjordan (1921–46) and first king of Jordan (1946–51). He joined the Arab revolt against Turkish rule in World War I; assassinated 1951
  • abednego — one of Daniel's three companions who, together with Shadrach and Meshach, was miraculously saved from destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace (Daniel 3:12–30)
  • abegging — in the act of begging
  • abelmosk — a tropical bushy malvaceous plant, Hibiscus abelmoschus, cultivated for its yellow-and-crimson flowers and for its musk-scented seeds, which yield an oil used in perfumery
  • abelungu — (South Africa, now chiefly pejorative) White people collectively.
  • abeokuta — a town in W Nigeria, capital of Ogun state. Pop: 487 000 (2005 est)
  • aberdare — a town in South Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 31 705 (2001)

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