8-letter words containing g, o, b
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- by jingo — an exclamation of surprise
- 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
- cobbling — to pave with cobblestones.
- combings — the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- conglobe — to gather or form into a globe or ball
- 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
- 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.
- dogsbody — a menial worker; drudge.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- edgebone — aitchbone.
- elbowing — Present participle of elbow.
- enrobing — Present participle of enrobe.
- faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.
- firbolgs — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- floeberg — a mass of ice floes resembling an iceberg.
- fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
- fogbound — unable to sail or navigate because of heavy fog.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- 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.
- 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
- gill box — a machine having a number of gills, used in combing.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globally — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- globbing — Present participle of glob.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.