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.