8-letter words containing a, n, t, b
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- manitoba — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- martaban — Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- monobath — a developer and fixer combined in the same solution.
- nabataea — an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Capital: Petra.
- nanobots — Plural form of nanobot.
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- nestable — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nettable — net income, profit, or the like.
- newsbeat — beat (def 40b).
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- noteable — Misspelling of notable.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- oblation — the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obstante — notwithstanding.
- obtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- pantable — a soft, slipper-like shoe
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- pintable — a pinball machine
- platband — a flat structural member, as a lintel or flat arch.
- rabatine — a type of collar or cape worn over the shoulders
- rambutan — the bright-red oval fruit of a Malayan, sapindaceous tree, Nephelium lappaceum, covered with soft spines, or hairs, and having a subacid taste.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- roborant — strengthening.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- sabatini — Rafael [raf-ee-uh l] /ˈræf i əl/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, English novelist and short-story writer, born in Italy.