8-letter words containing t, o, b
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- bag moth — a moth, the larvae of which develop in bags or cases
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballotee — a person who has been balloted or conscripted, esp into military service or into the mines
- balloter — a person who votes by ballot
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bar foot — a foot having the form of a bar connecting the corresponding front and rear legs of a piece.
- bareboat — a boat that can be chartered without crew, provisions, etc
- barefoot — Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barrator — a person guilty of barratry
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- bathorse — a horse which carries a military officer's baggage; a military packhorse
- bathrobe — A bathrobe is a loose piece of clothing made of the same material as towels. You wear it before or after you have a bath or a swim.
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- batwoman — a female servant in any of the armed forces
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- baziotes — William, 1912–63, U.S. painter.
- be toast — If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
- bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
- beantown — Boston
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- bebother — To bring trouble upon.
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)