8-letter words containing a, b
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- asbestos — Asbestos is a grey material which does not burn and which has been used as a protection against fire or heat.
- asbestus — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascorbic — Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- ashgabat — capital of Turkmenistan, in the SC part, near the Iranian border: pop. 411,000
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- at about — time: at approximately
- at table — at a meal
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atosiban — (medicine) A medication, that inhibits oxytocin and vasopressin, used to halt premature labour.
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- attaboys — Plural form of attaboy.
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- aubusson — a town in central France, in the Creuse department: a centre for flat-woven carpets and for tapestries since the 16th century. Pop: 4662 (1999)
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- auerbach — Frank (Helmuth). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
- augsburg — a city in S Germany, in Bavaria: founded by the Romans in 14 bc; site of the diet that produced the Peace of Augsburg (1555), which ended the struggles between Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire and established the principle that each ruler should determine the form of worship in his lands. Pop: 259 217 (2003 est)
- autobahn — An autobahn is a German motorway.
- autobank — a machine offering cash and other banking services
- autobaud — automatic baud rate detection
- autobiog — autobiography.
- autobody — Alternative form of auto body.
- avowable — Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
- avowably — in an avowable manner; not secret or hidden
- axle-box — the journal box of a rotating axle
- b-sample — a urine or blood sample used in doping tests in professional sports to confirm or invalidate the presence of banned substances in the first sample, the A-sample
- baalebos — the master of the house
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- baathism — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- babassus — Plural form of babassu.
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babbitts — Plural form of babbitt.
- babblers — Plural form of babbler.
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- babeldom — a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- babi yar — a ravine near Kiev, U.S.S.R.: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.
- babiches — Plural form of babiche.
- babirusa — a wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, inhabiting marshy forests in Indonesia. It has an almost hairless wrinkled skin and enormous curved canine teeth
- babouche — a Middle-Eastern, particularly Turkish, heelless slipper