8-letter words containing b, e, n, c
- debrecen — a city in E Hungary: seat of the revolutionary government of 1849. Pop: 205 881 (2003 est)
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- ecbatana — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- econobox — a small vehicle that is basic and fuel-efficient and has no unnecessary extras
- encumber — Restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- fencible — Capable of being defended.
- iceblink — a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- incumber — encumber.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- kennebec — a river flowing S through W Maine to the Atlantic. 164 miles (264 km) long.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- liebchen — A person who is very dear to another (often used as a term of endearment).
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- neckbeef — the flesh from the neck of cattle, regarded as being of poor quality
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- newcombe — John (David). born 1944, Australian tennis player; winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles (1967–75), including three at Wimbledon (1967, 1970, 1971)
- noncyber — Not cyber; noncomputer.
- nubecula — (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- obnounce — (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- rebranch — (of a branch, tree, evolutionary tree, etc) to branch again
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- unbacked — without backing or support.
- unbreech — to remove the breeches from (a person)
- unbuckle — to unfasten the buckle or buckles of.
- uncombed — If someone's hair is uncombed, it is untidy because it has not been brushed or combed.
- vibrance — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vincible — capable of being conquered or overcome: vincible fears.