8-letter words containing o, b, s, i
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- 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.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- ribosome — a tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.
- robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- robotism — a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- rom bios — Basic Input/Output System
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- saprobic — saprophyte.
- scabiosa — any of genus (Scabiosa) of plants of the teasel family, having showy, variously colored flowers in flattened or dome-shaped heads, as the sweet scabiosa (S. atropurpurea), often cultivated as a garden flower
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.
- scombrid — any fish of the family Scombridae, comprising the mackerels and tunas.
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- show biz — show business.
- sidebone — ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- ski boot — a heavy, thick-soled, ankle-high shoe for skiing, often having padding and extra supporting straps and laces around the ankle, with grooves at the back of the heel for binding to a ski.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snobbily — in a snobby manner
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snobbism — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snobling — a little snob
- snowbird — junco.
- so be it — expressing acceptance of a situation
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- soberize — to make sober.
- sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sorbaria — a deciduous Asian shrub
- sorbitic — relating to sorbite
- 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.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- 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.
- subaudio — (of a sound) low frequency
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- subimago — the first winged stage of the mayfly, with dull opaque wings, known to anglers as a dun, before it metamorphoses into the shiny gauzy imago or spinner
- suboptic — below the eye