8-letter words containing e, g, b, o
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- conglobe — to gather or form into a globe or ball
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- deboning — to remove the bones from (meat, fish, or fowl); bone: Before cooking, the chicken breasts should be deboned with a small, sharp knife.
- dogberry — the berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the European dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, the chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia, or the mountain ash, Sorbus americana.
- edgebone — aitchbone.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- floeberg — a mass of ice floes resembling an iceberg.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gaborone — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Capital: Gaborone.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gemsboks — Plural form of gemsbok.
- geoprobe — a probing device used for sampling soil
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- globules — Plural form of globule.
- globulet — a small globule
- glovebox — The small storage compartment on the passenger's side of an automobile.
- go broke — a simple past tense of break.
- gobblers — Plural form of gobbler.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- good-bye — a farewell.
- goodbyes — Plural form of goodbye.
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- leg bone — a bone of the leg
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- megabook — An extremely large book.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- misbegot — Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nonbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- nose bag — feed bag (def 1).
- nosebags — Plural form of nosebag.