8-letter words containing t, a, b
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- buy boat — a boat sent out by a dealer to purchase the catches of fishing vessels.
- buzzbait — a fishing lure with small blades that stir the water
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by water — by ship or boat
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cabretta — a soft leather obtained from the skins of certain South American or African sheep
- cabstand — a taxi rank
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
- cambists — Plural form of cambist.
- car boot — the place at the back of a car for putting luggage in
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- catacomb — Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried.
- catbirds — Plural form of catbird.
- catboats — Plural form of catboat.
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- ciabatta — Ciabatta or ciabatta bread is a type of white Italian bread that is made with olive oil.
- cibation — the act of feeding
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- cobaltic — of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
- cockboat — any small boat
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.
- cotabato — a city on W central Mindanao, in the S Philippines.
- 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
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- curitiba — a city in SE Brazil, capital of Paraná state: seat of the University of Paraná (1946). Pop: 2 871 000 (2005 est)
- cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- cutbacks — Plural form of cutback.