8-letter words containing b, a, l, o
- olibanum — frankincense.
- openable — capable of being opened.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- ovenable — able to be cooked in an oven.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- plumbago — graphite.
- polabian — a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- pollable — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- poseable — able to be posed or manipulated into poses
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- pourable — able to be poured
- probable — likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- provable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- quotably — in a quotable manner
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- robocall — a telephone call placed to large numbers of people by a computerized device that automatically dials the telephone numbers and plays a recorded message: Many but not all robocalls are illegal.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- roll bag — a small zippered duffel bag for carrying school supplies, sports gear, or the like.
- roll bar — a heavy steel transverse bar in the form of an inverted U rising from the framework of an automobile to prevent its occupants from being crushed if the vehicle rolls over.
- rollable — able to roll or be rolled
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- rootball — a roughly spherical aggregate of roots and soil that is transplanted with a plant, especially a tree or shrub.
- ropeable — ropable.
- sabulous — sandy; gritty.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- sgabello — a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.