8-letter words containing g, a, b, o
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- jigaboos — Plural form of jigaboo.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lag bolt — lag screw
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- megabook — An extremely large book.
- metablog — (neologism, Internet) a blog about blogs.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- moon bag — a small bag worn on a belt, round the waist
- nose bag — feed bag (def 1).
- nosebags — Plural form of nosebag.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligato — Alternative spelling of obbligato.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- peat bog — a swamp in which peat has accumulated.
- pegboard — a board having holes into which pegs are placed in specific patterns, used for playing or scoring certain games.
- plumbago — graphite.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- post-bag — mailbag.
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- roll bag — a small zippered duffel bag for carrying school supplies, sports gear, or the like.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- sgabello — a side chair of the Renaissance, consisting of a small seat, usually octagonal, often resting on a cubical part and supported either on two carved planks set transversely on edge or on three legs, with a back formed from a carved plank.
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- subgoals — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- tag boat — a small rowboat usually towed astern of a larger vessel.
- tagboard — a strong cardboard suitable for tags or posters.
- toad bug — any of several small broad aquatic insect-eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics.
- toboggan — a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
- tombaugh — Clyde William, 1906–97, U.S. astronomer: discovered Pluto 1930.
- tote bag — an open handbag or shopping bag used especially for carrying packages or small items.
- vagabond — wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- ziggaboo — (ethnic slur, derogatory, African American Vernacular English) A nigger, negro.