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8-letter words containing g, a, b, o

  • boogaloo — a type of dance performed to rock and roll music
  • book bag — a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.
  • boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
  • bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
  • bowgrace — a fender or pad used to protect the bows of a vessel from ice.
  • bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
  • brigalow — any of various acacia trees
  • brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
  • brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
  • bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
  • bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
  • bushgoat — a S African antelope
  • cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
  • calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
  • cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
  • clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
  • cool bag — an insulated container used to keep food cool on picnics, to carry frozen food, etc
  • dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
  • faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
  • fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
  • gabbroic — Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro.
  • gabbroid — gabbro-like, esp of a rock in the petrographic clan which contains the gabbro family
  • gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
  • gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
  • 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.
  • gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
  • gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
  • gambogic — of or derived from gamboge
  • gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
  • gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
  • game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
  • gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
  • garbanzo — chickpea (def 1).
  • garboard — The first range of planks or plates laid on a ship’s bottom next to the keel.
  • glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
  • globally — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
  • globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
  • go about — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
  • goalball — a game played by two teams who compete to score goals by throwing a ball that emits audible sound when in motion. Players, who may be blind or sighted, are blindfolded during play
  • gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
  • golf bag — a bag, usually made of canvas, for carrying golf clubs and golf balls.
  • goofball — an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
  • goombahs — Plural form of goombah.
  • goon bag — the plastic bladder inside a box of (usually cheap) wine
  • grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
  • grow bag — a plastic bag containing a sufficient amount of a sterile growing medium and nutrients to enable a plant, such as a tomato or pepper, to be grown to full size in it, usually for one season only
  • growable — able to be cultivated or grown
  • guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
  • gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
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