8-letter words containing n, a, b, o, i
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- boarding — Boarding is an arrangement by which children live at school during the school term.
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- boeotian — a native or inhabitant of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece
- boethian — Anicius Manlius Severinus [uh-nish-ee-uh s man-lee-uh s sev-uh-rahy-nuh s] /əˈnɪʃ i əs ˈmæn li əs ˌsɛv əˈraɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 475?–525? Roman philosopher and statesman.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- bolivian — Bolivian means belonging or relating to Bolivia or its people.
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bonafide — made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
- bonavist — hyacinth bean.
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- borazine — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- bostangi — a Turkish imperial guard
- botanica — a shop that sells herbs, charms, and other items associated with alternative medicine or magic
- botanist — A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.
- botanize — to collect or study plants
- box nail — a nail having a long shank, smooth or barbed, with a sharp point and a flat head.
- braconid — any member of the Braconidae, a family of parasitoid wasps
- brainbow — the result of a process by which the individual neurons of a brain can be mapped with fluorescent proteins under a light source
- brainbox — the skull
- bronchia — the ramifications or branches of the bronchi.
- bucovina — Bukovina
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- carbinol — methanol
- carbonic — (of a compound) containing carbon, esp tetravalent carbon
- cibation — the act of feeding
- conurbia — conurbations considered collectively
- corbinas — Plural form of corbina.
- debation — Debating.
- debonair — A man who is debonair is confident, charming, and well-dressed.
- diborane — a colorless gas with an unpleasant odor, B 2 H 6 , used in the synthesis of organic boron compounds as a dope to introduce boron and as a polymerization catalyst for ethylene.
- fairborn — a city in W Ohio, near Dayton.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- ibogaine — an alkaloid, C 20 H 26 N 2 O, obtained from an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga, having antidepressant and hallucinogenic properties.
- in a box — in difficulty or a dilemma
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- jacobian — Alternative capitalization of Jacobian.
- jacobina — a female given name.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jobation — an extensive rebuke; scolding