8-letter words containing o, b, s
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- baghouse — a dust-filtering chamber consisting of fabric filter bags
- bagworms — Plural form of bagworm.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- balafons — Plural form of balafon.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- balloons — a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- barbados — an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)
- barbasco — an evergreen South American plant, Jacquinia barbasco, which produces a poison harmless to humans but useful for stunning fish to make them easy to catch
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barrooms — Plural form of barroom.
- barspoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- base box — a unit used in the sale of tin plate, equal to the total area of 112 sheets each measuring 14 by 20 inches (35 by 50 cm), or 31,360 square inches (196,000 sq. cm).
- baseborn — born of humble parents
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- baseload — The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
- baseword — (linguistics) The word used a base and upon whose stem affixes are added, forming new words.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- basildon — a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- bassoons — Plural form of bassoon.
- basswood — any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- baudrons — a cat
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- bazookas — Plural form of bazooka.
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- beclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud.
- bed-sore — an ulceration of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by poor circulation due to prolonged pressure on body parts, especially bony protuberances, occurring in bedridden or immobile patients; decubitus ulcer.
- bedouins — Plural form of bedouin.
- bedposts — one of the upright supports of a bedstead.
- bedrolls — Plural form of bedroll.
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- bedsocks — the type of socks worn in bed