8-letter words containing b, o, l, u
- globulus — The nucleus globosus.
- gold bug — one who buys, or advocates buying, gold as protection against an anticipated collapse in the value of currency, stocks, etc.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- 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.
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lifebuoy — A life preserver, especially one in the shape of a ring.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lion cub — baby lion
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- nebulose — cloudlike; nebulous.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- obliquid — aimed in an oblique direction
- oblongum — (geometry, archaic) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.
- obtusely — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- obvolute — rolled or turned in.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outbless — to exceed in blessing
- outbloom — to bloom more than or better than
- outblown — Inflated with wind.
- outbluff — to surpass in bluffing: to outbluff one's opponents at poker.
- outblush — to blush more than or to exceed in rosy colour
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outbuild — (transitive) To build more or better than.
- outbulge — to bulge outwards
- outbully — to exceed in bullying
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- pourable — able to be poured