8-letter words containing a, m, b
- campbell — Sir Colin, Baron Clyde. 1792–1863, British field marshal who relieved Lucknow for the second time (1857) and commanded in Oudh, suppressing the Indian Mutiny
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- car-bomb — a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.
- carbamic — of or derived from carbamic acid.
- carbamyl — a radical, NH2CO, that is derived from carbamic acid
- cash mob — a group of people coordinated to meet and spend money at a local, independent business at a particular time
- catacomb — Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried.
- chambers — a judge's room for hearing cases not taken in open court
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambord — a village in N central France: site of a famous Renaissance chateau
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- choliamb — an imperfect iambic metre, with a spondee as the last foot
- choriamb — a metrical foot used in classical verse consisting of four syllables, two short ones between two long ones (– ◡ ◡ –)
- cibarium — Entomology. a food pouch in front of the mouth in certain insects.
- cimbalom — a type of dulcimer, esp of Hungary
- clambake — A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- clambers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamber.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- coloboma — a structural defect of the eye, esp in the choroid, retina, or iris
- colombia — a republic in NW South America: inhabited by Chibchas and other Indians before Spanish colonization in the 16th century; independence won by Bolívar in 1819; became the Republic of Colombia in 1886; violence and unrest have been endemic since the 1970s. It consists chiefly of a hot swampy coastal plain, separated by ranges of the Andes from the pampas and the equatorial forests of the Amazon basin in the east. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Bogotá. Pop: 45 745 783 (2013 est). Area: 1 138 908 sq km (439 735 sq miles)
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- combahee — a river in S South Carolina, flowing SE to the Atlantic Ocean. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- comeback — If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- cumbrian — of or relating to Cumbria or its inhabitants
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- damboard — a draughtboard
- damnable — You use damnable to emphasize that you dislike or disapprove of something a great deal.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- dime bag — a packet containing an amount of an illegal drug selling for ten dollars.
- dimmable — Able to be dimmed; able to have illumination decreased in brightness.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- doorjamb — either of the two sidepieces of a doorframe.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- dumb-ass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbhead — blockhead.
- dzhambul — a city in S Kazakhstan, NE of Chimkent.
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- embalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of embalm.
- embalmer — One who embalms a corpse; a practicioner of mortuary science.
- embanked — Simple past tense and past participle of embank.
- embanker — a person who makes an embankment
- embarass — Misspelling of embarrass.
- embarked — Go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
- embarkee — One who embarks on a vessel such as a ship or plane.
- embattle — Set (an army) in battle array.