8-letter words containing o, s, b, r
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- lobsters — Plural form of lobster.
- lobworms — Plural form of lobworm.
- lombroso — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑˌrɛ/ (Show IPA), 1836–1909, Italian physician and criminologist.
- lowbrows — Plural form of lowbrow.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- microbes — Plural form of microbe.
- microbus — minibus.
- mobsters — Plural form of mobster.
- motorbus — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- newborns — A recently born child or animal.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- obscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurer — Comparative form of obscure.
- obscures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure.
- observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- observee — One who is observed.
- observer — someone or something that observes.
- observes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of observe.
- obsessor — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtrudes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtrude.
- obverses — Plural form of obverse.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- orbiters — Plural form of orbiter.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- outburst — a sudden and violent release or outpouring: an outburst of tears.
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- overdubs — Plural form of overdub.
- postburn — after injury from burns
- proverbs — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- reabsorb — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- rheobase — the minimum electric current required to excite a given nerve or muscle.
- 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.
- robstown — a city in S Texas.
- robustly — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rom bios — Basic Input/Output System
- rose box — a perforated metal box used as a strainer; strum.
- rosebery — Archibald Philip Primrose [prim-rohz] /ˈprɪmˌroʊz/ (Show IPA), 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.
- rosebowl — a decorative bowl for displaying roses
- roseburg — a city in W Oregon.
- rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.