8-letter words containing b, u, o
- outbound — outward bound: an outbound freighter.
- outbrave — to stand up to; face defiantly: to outbrave charges of misconduct.
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbreed — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outbribe — to bribe more than
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- outbuild — (transitive) To build more or better than.
- outbulge — to bulge outwards
- outbully — to exceed in bullying
- outburst — a sudden and violent release or outpouring: an outburst of tears.
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- outthrob — to outdo in throbbing
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overburn — to copy (information, music, etc) onto a CD over previously recorded data
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- pinatubo — Mount, an active volcano on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. 4875 feet (1486 meters).
- plumbago — graphite.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- pourable — able to be poured
- pub food — food served in a pub
- pump box — a chamber of a pump in which a piston operates.
- quiberon — a peninsula in NW France, on the S coast of Brittany: British naval victory over the French 1759. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- quilombo — (historical, in Brazil) A remote, inland settlement originally settled by fugitive slaves (or others).
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- quotably — in a quotable manner
- rebought — to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
- rebutton — to button (a garment, etc) again
- redouble — to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- roburite — a flameless safety explosive used in mines
- robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rombauer — Irma von Starkloff [stahrk-lawf,, ‐lof] /ˈstɑrk lɔf,, ‐lɒf/ (Show IPA), 1877–1962, U.S. cooking expert and cookbook writer.
- roseburg — a city in W Oregon.
- rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
- roxburgh — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- rub down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rub-down — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- rubbaboo — a soup made from pemmican boiled in water, sometimes thickened with flour
- rubboard — a board for scrubbing clothes on
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- rude boy — a member of a group of often delinquent teenagers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for listening to ska music and wearing suits with trilby or similar soft felt hats
- rumbelow — a nonsense word used in the refrain of certain sea shanties