8-letter words containing n, b, t
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- sabatini — Rafael [raf-ee-uh l] /ˈræf i əl/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, English novelist and short-story writer, born in Italy.
- sebesten — the plum-like fruit of a tree of the genus Cordia (formerly Sebestena)
- semblant — semblance
- shin bet — the internal security service of Israel
- sibilant — hissing.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snowbelt — a region of annual or heavy snowfall.
- stabbing — penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- steenbok — a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of grassy areas of eastern and southern Africa.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- stibnite — a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.
- stilbene — a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 4 H 1 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- strabane — a district of W Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 38 565 (2003 est). Area: 862 sq km (333 sq miles)
- stubborn — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtense — a line that subtends
- subtilin — an antibiotic peptide drug derived from Bacillus subtilis, predominantly used to combat various pathogenic fungi as well as Gram-positive bacteria
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subtrend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- subtunic — a garment worn under a tunic
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sun belt — the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunburnt — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunburst — a burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun through rifted clouds.
- symbiont — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- t number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- t-number — one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. Symbol: T.
- tab-hang — to eavesdrop
- tabbinet — a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- tabering — a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- tacloban — a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
- tailband — a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book. Compare headband (def 3).
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- talabani — Jalal. born 1933, Iraqi politician, a Kurd, president of Iraq (2005–2014)
- tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- tangibly — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- tenebrae — the office of matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, sung respectively on the afternoon of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week, at which the Crucifixion is commemorated by the gradual extinguishment of candles.
- tenebrio — a type of small mealworm
- tensible — capable of being stretched; tensile.