8-letter words containing b, s, c, e
- cybersex — Cybersex involves using the Internet for sexual purposes, especially by exchanging sexual messages with another person.
- debacles — Plural form of debacle.
- decibels — a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- icebergs — Plural form of iceberg.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- iceboxes — Plural form of icebox.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- microbes — Plural form of microbe.
- miscible — capable of being mixed: miscible ingredients.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurer — Comparative form of obscure.
- obscures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- scalable — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scambler — an unwelcome visitor who takes advantage of the hospitality of others, esp during mealtimes; sponger; opportunist
- scarabee — the scarab beetle or any beetle in the family Scarabaeidae
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scribble — to tear apart (wool fibers) in the first stages of carding.
- scrobble — (of an online music service) to record a listener's musical preferences and recommend similar music that he or she might enjoy
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
- scrubber — a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
- seabeach — a beach lying along a sea or ocean.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- spacelab — a manned laboratory in space, developed by the European Space Agency, carried aboard an orbiting space shuttle.
- sub voce — (used as a direction to a reference) under the specified word. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- subcause — a factor less important than a cause
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subclerk — a clerk who is subordinate or assistant to another clerk
- subcover — a set of subsets of a cover of a given set that also is a cover of the set.