8-letter words containing c, o, b, t
- cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
- chimbote — a port in N central Peru: contains Peru's first steelworks (1958), using hydroelectric power from the Santa River. Pop: 328 000 (2005 est)
- cibation — the act of feeding
- clonebot — (chat) (Or "clone") A bot meant to replicate itself en masse on a talk network (generally IRC). A bot appears on the network as several agents, and then carries out some task, typically that of flooding another user. Compare ghost.
- clubfoot — If someone has a clubfoot, they are born with a badly twisted foot.
- clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
- cockboat — any small boat
- codebtor — a fellow debtor
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- comb out — to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb
- comb-out — a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- contrib. — contributor
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.
- cotabato — a city on W central Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- crowboot — a type of Inuit boot made of fur and leather
- factbook — A book of facts.
- fibrotic — the development in an organ of excess fibrous connective tissue.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hobrecht — Jacob [jey-kuh b;; Dutch yah-kawp] /ˈdʒeɪ kəb;; Dutch ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), Obrecht, Jacob.
- hot comb — a comblike device that is heated, usually electrically, and used to straighten or style the hair
- hot-comb — to arrange or style (the hair) with a hot comb.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- jackboot — a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- lobstick — lopstick.
- lockbolt — A fastener in the form of a pin fitted with a collar placed over the locking bolt.
- matchbox — a small box, usually of cardboard, for matches.
- microbat — Any of the small bats in the suborder Microchiroptera.
- microbot — A small mobile robot equipped with a microcontroller.
- mobocrat — One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.
- object z — University of Queensland.
- objected — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- objector — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtected — (obsolete) covered; protected.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- outbitch — to bitch more than or better than
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- reobject — to object again