8-letter words containing c, a, b, o
- 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
- barococo — excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.
- 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
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- beaucoup — a large amount, an abundance
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- becoward — to make cowardly, to make into a coward
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blackcod — sablefish.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- boadicea — Boudicca
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bocaccio — a species of rockfish, Sebastes paucispinis, commonly found along the west coast of North America
- bockscar — the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bongrace — a brim or shade on the front of women's bonnets or hats, intended to protect the face from the sun
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- borachio — a wine carrier made from animal skin, used in Spain
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- box coat — a plain short coat that hangs loosely from the shoulders
- bozcaada — Turkish island in the Aegean, near the Dardanelles: 15 sq mi (39 sq km): in Greek legend, as Tenedos, the base of the Greek fleet in the Trojan War
- brachio- — indicating a brachium
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War