8-letter words containing t, o, b
- 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
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- crowboot — a type of Inuit boot made of fur and leather
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- de-orbit — the act of leaving orbit
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- debation — Debating.
- debitors — a debtor.
- djibouti — Formerly French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issas. a republic in E Africa, on the Gulf of Aden: a former overseas territory of France; gained independence 1977. 8492 sq. mi. (21,994 sq. km). Capital: Djibouti.
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- doublets — Plural form of doublet.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- downbent — Bent downward.
- dubonnet — (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- dustbowl — An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry.
- entombed — Simple past tense and past participle of entomb.
- eye bolt — a bolt with a loop for a head
- eyebolts — Plural form of eyebolt.
- factbook — A book of facts.
- faltboat — a small boat having a collapsible wooden frame covered with waterproof cloth or plastic.
- fat body — a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
- fibrotic — the development in an organ of excess fibrous connective tissue.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebolt — A missile of fire.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- flatboat — a large, flat-bottomed boat for use in shallow water, especially on rivers.
- flyboats — Plural form of flyboat.
- foldboat — faltboat.
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- footboys — Plural form of footboy.
- forebitt — a post at a ship's foremast for securing cables
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- fox bolt — an anchor bolt secured by a foxtail wedge forced into its end as it is screwed into a blind hole.
- freeboot — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- globulet — a small globule
- go about — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- gobshite — a mean and contemptible person, especially a braggart.
- goteborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- gumboots — a rubber boot.