8-letter words containing b, o, u, n
- nebulose — cloudlike; nebulous.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- no doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- none but — None but means only.
- nonurban — Not urban.
- northumb — Northumberland
- nubiform — cloud-like
- nubilous — cloudy or foggy.
- nun buoy — a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.
- nutbrown — dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
- oblongum — (geometry, archaic) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.
- obnounce — (in ancient Rome) to announce an unfavorable omen.
- obtunded — to blunt; dull; deaden.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- outblown — Inflated with wind.
- outbound — outward bound: an outbound freighter.
- overburn — to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- postburn — after injury from burns
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- rebutton — to button (a garment, etc) again
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- snowbush — any of several ornamental shrubs having a profusion of white flowers, as Ceanothus cordulatus, of the buckthorn family, native to western North America.
- snuffbox — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- sonobuoy — a buoy that emits a radio signal on receiving an underwater signal from a vessel.
- soundbox — a chamber in a musical instrument, as the body of a violin, for increasing the sonority of its tone.
- soupbone — a bone used for making soup or broth.
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subnodal — below the level of a node
- suborned — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subround — somewhat round or rounded.
- subsonic — noting or pertaining to a speed less than that of sound in air at the same height above sea level.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- trueborn — genuinely or authentically so because of birth: a trueborn son of Ireland; a trueborn Parisian.
- tubenose — tubesnout.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.