8-letter words containing o, b, l, i
- oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- old bill — a policeman
- old bird — Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
- olibanum — frankincense.
- openbill — Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- outbuild — (transitive) To build more or better than.
- outclimb — to surpass or outdo in climbing; climb higher or better than: As a child, I could outclimb any kid on the block.
- overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
- overboil — To boil excessively.
- oxidable — able to undergo oxidation
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- piblokto — a culture-specific syndrome occurring among traditional Eskimo women, characterized by an outburst of cries or screams, the removal of clothing, and seeming possession by a bird or animal spirit.
- polabian — a member of a Slavic people who once lived in the Elbe River basin and on the Baltic coast of northern Germany.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- possible — that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
- possibly — perhaps; maybe: It may possibly rain today.
- quilombo — (historical, in Brazil) A remote, inland settlement originally settled by fugitive slaves (or others).
- reboiler — A reboiler is a stage in distillation when a liquid is heated again to make some of it become a vapor.
- ringbolt — a bolt with a ring fitted in an eye at its head.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- snobbily — in a snobby manner
- snobling — a little snob
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sorbitol — a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- strobile — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strobili — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- symbolic — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- tomblike — an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- trilobed — trilobate.
- tubicole — an invertebrate animal that lives in a self-constructed tube
- unboiled — not boiled
- unilobar — (of an organ in the body) having, consisting of, or relating to one lobe
- unilobed — having or consisting of a single lobe, especially of the maxilla of an insect.
- unmobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
- urobilin — a brownish pigment found in faeces and sometimes in urine. It is formed by oxidation of urobilinogen, a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine
- velobind — a technique for binding books or documents that uses a narrow plastic strip along the length of the front and back binding edges and plastic pegs to attach the strips through holes punched in the pages.