8-letter words containing g, i, b, n
- habiting — Present participle of habit.
- hangbird — a bird that builds a hanging nest, especially the Baltimore oriole.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- humbling — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- jingbang — (colloquial, chiefly, Scotland) thing, lot, shebang.
- jumbling — Present participle of jumble.
- kibbling — Present participle of kibble.
- king bee — a self-important person.
- kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- knobbing — Present participle of knob.
- labeling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- lambling — a small lamb
- libeling — Law. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. the act or crime of publishing it. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- marbling — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- misbegin — to begin incorrectly or badly
- misbegun — Begun badly or incorrectly.
- mumbling — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nibbling — to bite off small bits.
- nibelung — any of a race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure captured by Siegfried.
- niblings — Plural form of nibling.
- nobbling — to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- nonbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- nykøbing — a port in Denmark, on the W coast of Falster Island. Pop: 16 784 (2004 est)
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obliging — willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- orbiting — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- pebbling — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
- phubbing — to ignore (a person or one's surroundings) when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device: Hey, are you phubbing me? I hate to see a mother wheeling a stroller while phubbing her baby.
- pinchbug — a stag beetle
- plumbing — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- rabbling — a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
- rambling — aimlessly wandering.
- re-begin — to begin (something) again
- rebating — a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- ringbone — a morbid bony growth on the pastern bones of a horse, often resulting in lameness.
- ringwomb — a complication at lambing resulting from failure of the cervix to open
- robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- rumbling — a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound: the rumble of tanks across a bridge.
- saibling — the European char, Salvelinus alpinus, introduced into North America