8-letter words containing o, b, s
- bedsonia — a former name for the genus of bacteria now called Chlamydia
- bedsores — Bedsores are sore places on a person's skin, caused by having to lie in bed for a long time without changing position.
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- beehouse — A beehive or apiary.
- behooves — use; advantage; benefit: The money was spent for his own behoof.
- belostok — a city in E Poland.
- beninois — a native or inhabitant of Benin
- berenson — Bernard. 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance
- bernanos — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1888–1948, French novelist and Roman Catholic pamphleteer, best known for The Diary of a Country Priest (1936)
- besancon — a city in E France, on the Doubs River: university (1422). Pop: 121 012 (2006)
- bescorch — to scorch badly
- beshadow — to darken with shadow
- beshroud — to cover with a shroud
- besmooth — to smooth
- besognio — a young soldier
- besoothe — to soothe
- besotted — If you are besotted with someone or something, you like them so much that you seem foolish or silly.
- besought — beseech
- besouled — having a soul
- bespoken — a past participle of bespeak.
- bespouse — to marry
- best boy — the assistant to the senior electrician or to the key grip in a film crew
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- binchois — Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer.
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- biolysis — the death and dissolution of a living organism
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biopsied — the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body.
- bioscope — a kind of early film projector
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biosolid — relating to residue from treated sewage
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- biscotti — hard, plain, bar-shaped cookies containing almonds or hazelnuts
- biscotto — a thin Italian biscuit
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- bitstock — the handle or stock of a tool into which a drilling bit is fixed
- bjornson — Björnstjerne [byœrn-styer-nuh] /ˈbyœrnˌstyɛr nə/ (Show IPA), 1832–1910, Norwegian poet, novelist, and playwright: Nobel Prize 1903.