8-letter words containing c, a, b, s
- fastback — a form of back for an automobile body consisting of a single, unbroken convex curve from the top to the rear bumper.
- faxbacks — Plural form of faxback.
- finbacks — Plural form of finback.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- gw-basic — (language) An early version of MS-BASIC.
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- 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).
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- laybacks — Plural form of layback.
- minicabs — Plural form of minicab.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- ms-basic — Microsoft Basic
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- sabbatic — of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- saucebox — a saucy person.
- scabbard — a sheath for a sword or the like.
- scabiosa — any of genus (Scabiosa) of plants of the teasel family, having showy, variously colored flowers in flattened or dome-shaped heads, as the sweet scabiosa (S. atropurpurea), often cultivated as a garden flower
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.
- scabland — rough, barren, volcanic topography with thin soils and little vegetation.
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
- scalable — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scalably — 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
- scatback — a fast and agile running back, often small in stature, skilled at eluding tacklers.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- scrabble — to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- scrabbly — insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
- scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- scriabin — Aleksandr Nikolaevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1872–1915, Russian composer and pianist.
- scuzzbag — a despicable or unethical person
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- 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.
- shabrack — the saddlecloth of a cavalry horse used by European light cavalry