8-letter words containing b, e, o
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- good-bye — a farewell.
- goodbyes — Plural form of goodbye.
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harborer — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- head boy — The head boy of a school is the boy who is the leader of the prefects and who often represents the school on public occasions.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- 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.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horsebox — A vehicle for transporting horses.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- iceboxes — Plural form of icebox.