8-letter words containing d, a, r, b
- drawable — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- drip bag — a bag used for administering an intravenous solution to a patient
- drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- du barry — Comtesse (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- ear band — a small ornament worn on the rim of the ear, shaped so as to grip the rim gently instead of piercing or squeezing it.
- eberhard — Johann August (joˈhan ˈaʊɡʊst). 1739–1809, German philosopher and lexicographer, best known for his German dictionary (1795–1802)
- embarked — Go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- endbrain — (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.
- erodable — Capable of being eroded.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- frybread — a Native American fried bread made with wheat or corn flour, often served on special occasions
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- garbaged — Simple past tense and past participle of garbage.
- garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
- grabbled — Simple past tense and past participle of grabble.
- gradable — capable of being graded.
- gradably — In a gradable manner.
- hairband — A band for securing or tying back one's hair.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- harbored — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardbake — almond toffee
- hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- hardbody — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- hardboot — a horse-racing enthusiast.
- herbaged — covered with grass or herbage
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- jabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of jabber.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.