8-letter words containing o, u, b, a
- belamour — a beloved person
- 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
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- board up — If you board up a door or window, you fix pieces of wood over it so that it is covered up.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- bordeaux — a port in SW France, on the River Garonne: a major centre of the wine trade. Pop: 235 878 (2006)
- bouchard — (Louis) Henri [lwee ahn-ree] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1875–1960, French sculptor.
- boudicca — died 62 ad, a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- bucovina — Bukovina
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bullboat — a lightweight, shallow-draft boat made of hides stretched over a wooden frame and used by Plains Indians.
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- buy boat — a boat sent out by a dealer to purchase the catches of fishing vessels.
- cabassou — (obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
- can buoy — a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US waters
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- casaubon — Isaac (izaak). 1559–1614, French Protestant theologian and classical scholar
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- columbia — a river in NW North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing through British Columbia, then west to the Pacific. Length: about 1930 km (1200 miles)
- conurban — of or relating to a conurbation
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- cottabus — (in ancient Greece) a game that was popular among young men at drinking parties and which involved throwing wine into a vessel while uttering the name of a beloved
- cuboidal — Also, cuboidal. resembling a cube in form.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- faubourg — a suburb or a quarter just outside a French city.