8-letter words containing o, n, e, b
- gaborone — a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). Capital: Gaborone.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gisborne — a seaport on E North Island, in N New Zealand.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- habanero — an extremely pungent small pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum chinense, used in cookery.
- hiberno- — denoting Irish or Ireland
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- icebound — held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- imbolden — embolden.
- incomber — Archaic form of encumber.
- intombed — Simple past tense and past participle of intomb.
- jacobean — of or relating to James I of England or to his period.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jawboned — Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jawbones — Plural form of jawbone.
- jetborne — carried by jet aircraft.
- joinable — That can be joined.
- knobbles — Plural form of knobble.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knoblike — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- leg bone — a bone of the leg
- loanable — that can be loaned.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- lobeline — a crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 22 H 27 NO 2 , obtained by extraction from lobelia: used chiefly in the form of its sulfate or hydrochloride as a respiratory stimulant and, because of its nicotinelike pharmacological action, as an agent to discourage tobacco smoking.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- mancozeb — A grayish-yellow pesticide.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
- moonbase — (scifi) A base located on a moon.
- moonbeam — a ray of moonlight.
- nabobess — a female nabob
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- narbonne — a city in S France: an important port in Roman times.
- nebulose — cloudlike; nebulous.
- nebulous — hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- neophobe — One who dislikes new or novel things.
- nest box — a box in a henhouse in which domestic chickens lay eggs