8-letter words containing b, u, o
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumboots — a rubber boot.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- humboldt — Friedrich Heinrich Alexander [free-drikh hahyn-rikh ah-lek-sahn-duh r] /ˈfri drɪx ˈhaɪn rɪx ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.
- hunt box — a hunting lodge or house near or in a hunting area for use during the hunting season.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- in doubt — uncertain
- inbounds — Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- j'adoube — an expression of an intention to touch a piece in order to adjust its placement rather than to make a move
- job hunt — search for employment
- job-hunt — to seek employment; look for a job.
- jumboize — (nautical) To lengthen a ship replacing an existing section with a longer section or inserting an additional section.
- jury box — courtroom: area where jury sits
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- kotzebue — August Friedrich Ferdinand von [ou-goo st free-drikh fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfri drɪx ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1761–1819, German dramatist.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- libelous — containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- lifebuoy — A life preserver, especially one in the shape of a ring.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lion cub — baby lion
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- mawbound — (of cattle) constipated
- microbus — minibus.
- misdoubt — doubt or suspicion.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- 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.
- moorburn — the practice of burning off old growth on a heather moor to encourage new growth for grazing