8-letter words containing b, a, o, u
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- go about — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- nonurban — Not urban.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- obturate — to stop up; close.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outboast — to surpass in boasting
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- plumbago — graphite.
- pourable — able to be poured
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.