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8-letter words containing r, o, b, l

  • bobowler — a large moth
  • bog roll — a toilet roll; toilet paper
  • boilover — a surprising result in a sporting event, esp in a horse race
  • bollworm — any of various moth caterpillars, such as Pectinophora (or Platyedra) gossypiella (pink bollworm), that feed on and destroy cotton bolls
  • boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it
  • boodlers — the lot, pack, or crowd: Send the whole boodle back to the factory.
  • booklore — any knowledge or belief gained from books
  • borazole — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
  • bordello — A bordello is a brothel.
  • borecole — kale (def 1).
  • borehole — A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.
  • borghild — (in the Volsunga Saga) the first wife of Sigmund: she poisons Sinfiotli in revenge for his killing of her brother.
  • boringly — causing or marked by boredom: a boring discussion; to have a boring time.
  • bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
  • borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
  • braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
  • braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
  • breloque — an ornament or charm attached to a watch chain
  • bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
  • brigalow — any of various acacia trees
  • bristols — a woman's breasts
  • bro talk — Māori English
  • brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
  • broccoli — Broccoli is a vegetable with green stalks and green or purple tops.
  • broiling — If the weather is broiling, it is very hot.
  • bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
  • bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
  • broodily — in a broody manner
  • brooklet — a small brook
  • brooklyn — a borough of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island. Pop: 2 465 326 (2000)
  • browless — without eyebrows
  • bryology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of bryophytes
  • bullfrog — A bullfrog is a type of large frog which makes a very loud noise.
  • bullhorn — A bullhorn is a device for making your voice sound louder in the open air.
  • burleson — a city in N Texas.
  • burlwood — wood taken or cut from a burl.
  • cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
  • cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
  • carbinol — methanol
  • carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
  • carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
  • carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
  • clayborn — a male given name.
  • clobbers — Plural form of clobber.
  • clubroom — a room used by a club for meetings, activities, socializing, etc
  • clubroot — a disease of cabbages and related plants, caused by the fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, in which the roots become thickened and distorted
  • cobblers — rubbish; nonsense
  • cobblery — the occupation of shoemaking or shoemending
  • colubrid — any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types
  • corbeils — Plural form of corbeil.
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