8-letter words containing n, a, b, o
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- cabochon — a smooth domed gem, polished but unfaceted
- can buoy — a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US waters
- cape bon — a peninsula of NE Tunisia
- carbinol — methanol
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carborne — travelling by car
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- cibation — the act of feeding
- clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
- clayborn — a male given name.
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- deadborn — (dated, rare) Stillborn.
- dearborn — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit: automobile industry. Pop: 96 670 (2003 est)
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- doberman — Doberman pinscher.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- emblazon — Conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.
- fairborn — a city in W Ohio, near Dayton.
- fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- gabonese — of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants.
- 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.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gambroon — a type of twilled linen cloth, often used for lining clothes
- garbanzo — chickpea (def 1).
- 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.
- goon bag — the plastic bladder inside a box of (usually cheap) wine
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- 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.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hand job — an act of masturbation.
- hand-job — an act of masturbation.
- handbook — a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.