8-letter words containing oa
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- inroaded — Simple past tense and past participle of inroad.
- ioannina — a city in NW Greece.
- jaboatao — a city in E Brazil, W of Recife.
- jack oak — the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.
- jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- jet boat — a small, propellerless boat powered by an engine that ejects water for its thrust.
- joe soap — a person who is regarded as unintelligent and imposed upon as a stooge or scapegoat
- johnboat — a light, square-ended, flat-bottomed skiff, used in shallow water.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- krakatoa — a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- larboard — (formerly) port2 (def 1).
- leeboard — either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- loadable — Capable of being loaded.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loadstar — a star that shows the way.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loaiasis — loiasis.
- loamless — not containing loam
- loanable — that can be loaned.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- low road — a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible.
- mailboat — a boat for transporting mail.
- maxicoat — a long coat extending to the ankle
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- mesozoan — any member of the phylum Mesozoa.
- metazoal — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- microamp — One millionth ( 10-6 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as \u00b5A.
- mistcoat — (in house painting or interior decoration) a coat of thinner, sometimes pigmented, applied to a finish coat of paint to increase its luster.