8-letter words containing f, r, o, b
- forebore — Simple past tense and past participle of forebear.
- forelimb — a front limb of an animal.
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- formable — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- formably — formally
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- foxberry — the cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- freeboot — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- freeborn — born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- 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.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- morbific — causing disease.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- tubiform — shaped like a tube.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- unforbid — unforbidden