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8-letter words containing b, o

  • bandores — Plural form of bandore.
  • bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
  • bangalow — an Australian palm, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, native to New South Wales and Queensland
  • banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
  • bank box — safe-deposit box.
  • bankbook — a book held by depositors at certain banks, in which the bank enters a record of deposits, withdrawals, and earned interest
  • banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
  • bankroll — To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
  • bannerol — banderole
  • bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
  • banoffee — a filling for a pie, consisting of toffee and banana
  • bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
  • bar food — food served in a pub
  • bar foot — a foot having the form of a bar connecting the corresponding front and rear legs of a piece.
  • bar none — You use bar none to add emphasis to a statement that someone or something is the best of their kind.
  • barbados — an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
  • barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
  • barcoded — having a barcode
  • bareboat — a boat that can be chartered without crew, provisions, etc
  • barebone — a very thin person whose bones show through the skin
  • barefoot — Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet.
  • bargello — a needlepoint embroidery stitch producing a zigzag pattern
  • baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
  • barn owl — any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
  • barnardo — Dr Thomas John. 1845–1905, British philanthropist, who founded homes for destitute children
  • barndoor — The large door of a barn.
  • barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
  • barococo — excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.
  • barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
  • barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
  • barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
  • baronage — barons collectively
  • baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
  • baronets — Plural form of baronet.
  • baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
  • baronies — Plural form of barony.
  • baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
  • baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
  • barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
  • barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
  • barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
  • barrator — a person guilty of barratry
  • barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
  • barrooms — Plural form of barroom.
  • barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
  • barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
  • baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
  • barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
  • base box — a unit used in the sale of tin plate, equal to the total area of 112 sheets each measuring 14 by 20 inches (35 by 50 cm), or 31,360 square inches (196,000 sq. cm).
  • baseborn — born of humble parents
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