8-letter words containing o, b, t, a
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- quotably — in a quotable manner
- rabbitoh — (formerly) an itinerant seller of rabbits for eating
- rag bolt — barb bolt.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- rawlbolt — a proprietary anchor bolt for fixing into masonry etc
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- roborant — strengthening.
- rootball — a roughly spherical aggregate of roots and soil that is transplanted with a plant, especially a tree or shrub.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- sailboat — a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- salt-box — a box in which salt is kept.
- sea boot — a very high waterproof boot worn by fishermen and sailors
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- softback — paperback book
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- sortable — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- stamboul — Istanbul
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- storable — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- stowable — Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- subabbot — an abbot who is subordinate to another abbot
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- subotica — a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, in N Serbia.
- subovate — almost egg-shaped
- subtaxon — a supplementary piece of identifying information in a plant's or animal's scientific name
- subtopia — suburban development that encroaches on rural areas yet appears to offer the attractions of country life to suburban dwellers
- subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- sweatbox — a sauna or other enclosure for sweating.
- tabletop — a surface forming or suggesting the top of a table.
- tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- tacloban — a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
- tag boat — a small rowboat usually towed astern of a larger vessel.