8-letter words containing b, o, a, t, s
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- flyboats — Plural form of flyboat.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- nanobots — Plural form of nanobot.
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- obstante — notwithstanding.
- obviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- outboast — to surpass in boasting
- post-bag — mailbag.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- sea boot — a very high waterproof boot worn by fishermen and sailors
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- softback — paperback book
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.