8-letter words containing n, a, b, e, s
- fan base — the fans of a celebrity, team, media franchise, etc., when considered collectively: The fan base was crushed when the team moved to a different city. The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- has-been — a person or thing that is no longer effective, successful, popular, etc.
- henbanes — Plural form of henbane.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- lebanese — of or relating to Lebanon or its natives or inhabitants.
- lesbians — Plural form of lesbian.
- moonbase — (scifi) A base located on a moon.
- nabobess — a female nabob
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- nestable — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- newsbeat — beat (def 40b).
- nose bag — feed bag (def 1).
- nosebags — Plural form of nosebag.
- noseband — that part of a bridle or halter that passes over the animal's nose.
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obstante — notwithstanding.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- sandable — the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- sawbones — a surgeon or physician.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- semblant — semblance
- sendable — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- seremban — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- sideband — the band of frequencies at the sides of the carrier frequency of a modulated signal.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- sun bear — a small bear, Helarctos malayanus, of tropical forests in S and SE Asia, having a black coat and a yellowish snout and feeding mostly on honey and insects