8-letter words containing u, b, a
- fibratus — (of a cloud) hairlike or striated in composition.
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flat bug — any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- fuzzball — a puffball.
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- glueball — a hypothetical object consisting of two or more gluons.
- go about — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- grub saw — a handsaw for cutting stone.
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- gullable — easily deceived or cheated.
- gum band — a rubber band.
- gumballs — Plural form of gumball.
- gunboats — a small, armed warship of light draft, used in ports where the water is shallow.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- habakkuk — a Minor Prophet of the 7th century b.c.
- habenula — a narrow bandlike structure, as the stalk attaching the pineal gland to the thalamus.
- habitual — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- habsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hackbuss — Alternative form of hagbut.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harbours — Plural form of harbour.
- harunobu — Suzuki [soo-zoo-kee] /sʊˈzu ki/ (Show IPA), 1720?–70, Japanese painter and printmaker.
- hatbrush — a soft brush for hats
- hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
- haulable — Capable of being hauled.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- hummable — (of a piece of music) able to be hummed easily; melodic; tuneful.
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.