9-letter words containing a, b, s
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- obligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obligate.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstinant — (proscribed) Obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- osaka bay — an inlet of the Pacific in S Honshu, S Japan
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- overbears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbear.
- par-sable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- parablast — the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum or egg.
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- pass band — the range of frequencies that pass with a minimum of attenuation through an electronic filter.
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plausibly — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- post-boat — mailboat.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- pressable — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- pulsebeat — pulse1 (def 1).
- pursuable — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- push back — force to retreat
- rabbinics — the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- rabidness — The property of being rabid.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- raspberry — the fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family, consisting of small and juicy red, black, or pale yellow drupelets forming a detachable cap about a convex receptacle.
- rate base — a guaranteed minimum amount or number used to compute advertising rates, as the number of subscribers to a publication.
- re-absorb — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- red brass — an alloy of from 77 to 86 percent copper with the balance zinc; Mannheim gold.
- redbreast — the European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
- resalable — able to be resold; suitable for resale.