7-letter words that end in b
- mozarab — a Christian in Spain who, during the Muslim domination, was permitted to practice his or her own religion.
- murghob — a river in NE Afghanistan and SE Turkmenistan, flowing from the Hindu Kush W and NW to the Kara Kum Desert. 530 miles (853 km) long.
- nashgab — chatter; insolent talk
- newcomb — Simon, 1835–1909, U.S. astronomer.
- odd-job — to work at a series of unrelated or unspecialized jobs, often of a low-paying or menial nature.
- omnitab — Statistical analysis and desk calculator. Version: OMNITAB II.
- overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
- paystub — A paystub is a piece of paper given to an employee when he or she is paid stating how much money has been earned and how much has been taken from that sum for things such as tax.
- pedicab — (especially in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a hooded cab for two passengers mounted behind the driver.
- pen nib — the writing point of a pen
- perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
- preverb — a element before the root of a verb that combines to form a lexical unit, as post- in postdate.
- proverb — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
- r&b — R&B is a style of popular music developed in the 1940's from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments. R&B is an abbreviation for 'rhythm and blues'.
- rad-lib — a liberal, especially a liberal politician, considered to have radical or extremist tendencies.
- reclimb — to climb (a hill, mountain, etc) again
- replumb — to replace the plumbing of (a house, building, etc)
- rhubarb — any of several plants belonging to the genus Rheum, of the buckwheat family, as R. officinale, having a medicinal rhizome, and R. rhabarbarum, having edible leafstalks.
- softlab — (company) A software engineering company strong in the UK and Germany.
- succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- taxicab — a public passenger vehicle, especially an automobile, usually fitted with a taximeter.
- the hub — Boston, Mass.
- the rub — an obstacle or difficulty (esp in the phrase there's the rub)
- the web — (as modifier)
- trimtab — a small control surface attached to the trailing edge of a main control surface to enable the pilot to trim an aircraft
- unplumb — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- upclimb — an ascension; a climbing upwards
- wackjob — Alternative spelling of whackjob.
- washtub — a tub for use in washing clothes, linens, etc.