8-letter words containing n, i, b, s
- disbands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disband.
- disbench — to remove (a barrister or judge) from the membership of the governing body of one of the Inns of Court
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- dubbings — Plural form of dubbing.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- dustbins — Plural form of dustbin.
- ebeniste — cabinetmaker
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
- finbacks — Plural form of finback.
- finsbury — former metropolitan borough of EC London, now part of Islington
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- ginsberg — Allen, 1926–97, U.S. poet associated with the Beat Generation.
- ginsburg — Ruth Bader [bey-der] /ˈbeɪ dər/ (Show IPA), born 1933, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- his nibs — a mock title used of someone in authority
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- ibsenism — a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- inbounds — Sports. being within the boundaries of a court or field.
- inbreeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inbreed.
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhibits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhibit.
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- isobront — a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- lambkins — Plural form of lambkin.
- lambskin — the skin of a lamb, especially when dressed with its wool, and used for clothing.
- lesbians — Plural form of lesbian.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- minibars — Plural form of minibar.
- miniboss — (video games) A minor or incidental boss in a video game.
- minicabs — Plural form of minicab.
- minilabs — Plural form of minilab.
- misbegin — to begin incorrectly or badly
- misbegun — Begun badly or incorrectly.
- misbrand — to brand or label erroneously.
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- nebulise — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nibblers — Plural form of nibbler.