10-letter words containing a, b, i, o
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- posttibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- potability — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- rabbit job — (Cambridge) A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits. Compare wabbit, fork bomb.
- rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
- radio beam — beam (def 12).
- radio tube — a vacuum tube used in a radio receiving set.
- radiolabel — label (def 12).
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- rhabdolith — a minute rodlike structure, believed by some to be algae, found at the bottom and the surface of the ocean, and which is composed of calcium carbonate, calcium or limestone
- rhomboidal — shaped almost like a diamond or rhomboid
- riboflavin — a vitamin B complex factor appearing as an orange-yellow, crystalline compound, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 4 O 6 , derived from ribose, essential for growth, found in milk, fresh meat, eggs, leafy vegetables, etc., or made synthetically, and used in enriching flour, in vitamin preparations, and in treating facial lesions.
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- rio balsas — Río, Río Balsas.
- rio branco — a state in W Brazil. 58,900 sq. mi. (152,550 sq. km). Capital: Rio Branco.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- roborating — strengthening or invigorating
- rockabilly — a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- salubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- sideboards — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- signal box — a railway signal tower.
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- symbolical — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).