8-letter words containing s, b
- driblets — Plural form of driblet.
- drybrush — a technique of drawing or painting in which a brush having a small quantity of pigment or medium is applied to or dragged across a surface.
- du sable — Jean Baptiste Pointe [zhahn ba-teest pwant] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist pwɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1745?–1818, U.S. pioneer trader, born in Haiti: early settler of Chicago.
- dubbings — Plural form of dubbing.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- dumb-ass — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbells — Plural form of dumbell.
- dumbness — lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- dumbshit — (vulgar, pejorative, colloquial) A stupid person or someone who makes or has just made a significant mistake.
- dumbshow — Gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime.
- dumbsize — (informal) To reduce the number of employees in a business without regard to organizational efficiency, such that its operations become unprofitable or inefficient.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- dushanbe — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- dust bag — the bag used in some models of vacuum cleaner for the collection of dust
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- dustbins — Plural form of dustbin.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- earlobes — Plural form of earlobe.
- eatables — edible.
- ebeniste — cabinetmaker
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- embarass — Misspelling of embarrass.
- embodies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embody.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
- embosoms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embosom.
- embossed — Carve or mold a design on (a surface) so that it stands out in relief.
- embosser — Braille printer
- embosses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emboss.
- embowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embower.
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- embrasor — a person who commits or attempts to commit embracery
- embushed — Simple past tense and past participle of embush.
- embusque — man who avoids military conscription by obtaining a government job
- emu bush — any of various Australian shrubs, esp those of the genus Eremophila (family Myoporaceae), whose fruits are eaten by emus
- enablers — Plural form of enabler.
- ennobles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ennoble.
- ensemble — A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- erasable — Capable of being erased.
- erosible — able to be eroded
- eusebius — ?265–?340 ad, bishop of Caesarea: author of a history of the Christian Church to 324 ad
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- exabytes — Plural form of exabyte.
- exhibits — Plural form of exhibit.
- eyeballs — Plural form of eyeball.
- eyebolts — Plural form of eyebolt.
- eyebrows — Plural form of eyebrow.