8-letter words containing r, o, b, l
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- labrador — a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- libatory — relating to libation
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- libretto — the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lobsters — Plural form of lobster.
- lobworms — Plural form of lobworm.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- lombroso — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑˌrɛ/ (Show IPA), 1836–1909, Italian physician and criminologist.
- lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- loverboy — A male lover, especially a young one.
- low-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- lowbrows — Plural form of lowbrow.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- marlboro — a city in E Massachusetts.
- mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- morbilli — measles (def 1).
- mortbell — a bell rung for a funeral
- nonlabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- oblatory — Of or pertaining to oblation; oblational.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- old bird — Some people use the phrase old bird to refer to someone and say what they are like.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- orbitals — Plural form of orbital.
- outbrawl — to defeat in a brawl
- overbill — To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
- overblew — Simple past form of overblow.
- overblow — to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
- overboil — To boil excessively.
- overbold — Excessively bold.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- portable — portability
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- pourable — able to be poured