8-letter words containing a, b
- boadicea — Boudicca
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boardman — a member of a board
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- boat bed — a bed of the Empire period having raised ends terminating in outward scrolls.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- boatable — able to be carried by boat
- boatbill — a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes
- boathook — a pole with a hook at one end, used aboard a vessel for fending off other vessels or obstacles or for catching a line or mooring buoy
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- boatload — A boatload of people or things is a lot of people or things that are, or were, in a boat.
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- boatslip — a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.
- boatsman — boatman.
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- bob veal — the flesh of an unborn or newborn calf, used for food.
- boba tea — bubble tea.
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- bockscar — the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- body bag — A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident.
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- boeotian — a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece
- boer war — either of two conflicts between Britain and the South African Boers, the first (1880–1881) when the Boers sought to regain the independence given up for British aid against the Zulus, the second (1899–1902) when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- boilable — suitable or recommended for boiling: a diet of vegetables, rice, and other boilable foods.
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bomb bay — a part of military aircraft where the bombs are stored
- bombable — able to be bombed, undefended against bombing; targetable
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music