8-letter words containing g, o, b
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- globules — Plural form of globule.
- globulet — a small globule
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- globulus — The nucleus globosus.
- glovebox — The small storage compartment on the passenger's side of an automobile.
- 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.
- go broke — a simple past tense of break.
- 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
- gobblers — Plural form of gobbler.
- gobbling — Present participle of gobble.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- gold bug — one who buys, or advocates buying, gold as protection against an anticipated collapse in the value of currency, stocks, etc.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- golf bag — a bag, usually made of canvas, for carrying golf clubs and golf balls.
- gombroon — a type of Persian pottery ware.
- good job — expressing admiration
- good-bye — a farewell.
- goodbyes — Plural form of goodbye.
- 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
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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
- grub hoe — a heavy hoe for digging up roots, stumps, etc.
- grubworm — grub (def 1).
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumboots — a rubber boot.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- highborn — of high rank by birth.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- hobbling — to walk lamely; limp.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- 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.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.