8-letter words containing b, o, y
- loblolly — South Midland and Southern U.S. a mire; mudhole.
- lobotomy — the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung.
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- loverboy — A male lover, especially a young one.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- maccaboy — a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.
- may-blob — marsh marigold.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- mobility — the quality of being mobile.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
- monobuoy — a floating platform anchored offshore in deep water and equipped with pipelines leading to storage tanks onshore, to which large, deep-draft tankers moor to load or unload.
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- moveably — in a movable manner
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- nancyboy — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
- newsboys — Plural form of newsboy.
- nobility — the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- noncyber — Not cyber; noncomputer.
- nun buoy — a conical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker, especially on the starboard side of a channel entering from seaward.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obeyable — to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- oblately — In an oblate manner.
- oblatory — Of or pertaining to oblation; oblational.
- oblongly — In an oblong orientation.
- obtusely — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- orbitary — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ore-body — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- outbully — to exceed in bullying
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- pennyboy — an employee whose duties include menial tasks, such as running errands
- play box — a box for a child's toys and personal things
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- plow-boy — a boy who leads or guides a team drawing a plow.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- poor boy — Southern U.S. (chiefly Gulf States) . a hero sandwich.
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- possibly — perhaps; maybe: It may possibly rain today.
- post-boy — (formerly) a boy or man who rode post or carried mail.
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- quotably — in a quotable manner