8-letter words containing b, a, l, o
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- holdable — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- isolable — capable of being isolated.
- jambolan — an evergreen tree of the Myrtaceae family that is native to southern Asia and which produces a fruit that is edible and which is also used in alternative medicine
- joinable — That can be joined.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kabloona — a white man; a European.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- lab book — a notebook used to note down experiments, hypotheses, etc, of the kind that may be carried out or formed in a laboratory
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- laborers — Plural form of laborer.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- 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.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- labrador — a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
- lag bolt — lag screw
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- lavaboes — Plural form of lavabo.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libatory — relating to libation
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- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- loadable — Capable of being loaded.
- loanable — that can be loaned.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lobation — lobate formation.
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.