8-letter words containing b, s
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- abstains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstain.
- absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- abstrict — to make (a spore) undergo abstriction
- abstrude — (transitive) To thrust away.
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- absurder — Comparative form of absurd.
- absurdly — utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- absurdum — An illogical conclusion or state. (First attested in the mid 19th century.).
- abusable — able to be abused
- abuseful — (rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
- abuttals — the boundaries of a plot of land where it abuts against other property
- abutters — Plural form of abutter.
- acarbose — a type of diabetes medicine taken orally to slow and reduce the supply of glucose to the blood.
- acrobats — Plural form of acrobat.
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- albanese — Licia [lee-chee-uh;; Italian lee-chah] /ˈli tʃi ə;; Italian ˈli tʃɑ/ (Show IPA), 1913–2014, Italian operatic soprano.
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- albumose — any of a class of chemical compounds derived from albumins by the action of certain enzymes, as in digestion
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- amberous — of, relating to or resembling amber
- ambients — Plural form of ambient.
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- ambonese — a native or inhabitant of Ambon.
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- ambusher — One who ambushes.
- ambushes — Plural form of ambush.
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- amusable — capable of being amused
- anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- anabasis — the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- antbears — Plural form of antbear.
- antbirds — Plural form of antbird.
- antibias — countering bias
- antiboss — acting against a boss or bosses
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.