8-letter words containing abo
- maccaboy — a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.
- marabous — Plural form of marabou.
- marabout — Islam. a hermit or holy man, especially in N Africa, often wielding political power and credited with supernatural powers. the tomb or shrine of such a man.
- megabook — An extremely large book.
- metabola — (in the plural, entomology) Insects that metamorphose.
- metabole — Alternative spelling of metabola.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- nabobess — a female nabob
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- nonlabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- parabola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabole — a simile
- peekaboo — Also called bo-peep. a game played by or with very young children, typically in which one covers the face or hides and then suddenly uncovers the face or reappears, calling “Peekaboo!”.
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- rubbaboo — a soup made from pemmican boiled in water, sometimes thickened with flour
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- sabotage — any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- sabotier — a wearer of sabots
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- taborite — (in the 15th century) a member of the militant body of Hussites maintaining a strict literal interpretation of the Scriptures.
- tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tabouret — a low seat without back or arms, for one person; stool.
- teaboard — a tea tray
- vagabond — wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
- ziggaboo — (ethnic slur, derogatory, African American Vernacular English) A nigger, negro.