11-letter words containing a, n, b, o

objurgating — Present participle of objurgate.
objurgation — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
obligations — Plural form of obligation.
obliquation — the fact or process of veering or moving in an oblique or slantwise direction
obliviation — Total removal or erasure.
obscuration — the act of obscuring.
obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
observances — Plural form of observance.
observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
obsessional — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
obsignation — the action or process of certifying by means of, or as if with, a seal or a mark of ratification
obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
obstipation — obstinate constipation.
obtestation — The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
obumbration — the action of making dim, dark, obfuscated, or eclipsed
odd-job man — An odd-job man is a man who is paid to do various jobs such as cleaning or repairing things, usually in someone's home.
odontoblast — one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed.
off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
omnibearing — the magnetic bearing of an omnirange station.
on stand-by — in a state of readiness for action or use
on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
on the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
on the beat — A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.
on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
onyx marble — Mexican onyx.
openability — The quality of being openable.
orange book — (security, standard) A standard from the US Government National Computer Security Council (an arm of the U.S. National Security Agency), "Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December 1985" which defines criteria for trusted computer products. There are four levels, A, B, C, and D. Each level adds more features and requirements. D is a non-secure system. C1 requires user log-on, but allows group ID. C2 requires individual log-on with password and an audit mechanism. (Most Unix implementations are roughly C1, and can be upgraded to about C2 without excessive pain). Levels B and A provide mandatory control. Access is based on standard Department of Defense clearances. B1 requires DOD clearance levels. B2 guarantees the path between the user and the security system and provides assurances that the system can be tested and clearances cannot be downgraded. B3 requires that the system is characterised by a mathematical model that must be viable. A1 requires a system characterized by a mathematical model that can be proven. See also crayola books, book titles.
ordeal bean — Calabar bean.
organizable — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
out-of-band — 1. (communications) The exchange of call control information on a dedicated channel, separate from that used by the telephone call or data transmission. 2. Sometimes used to describe what communications people call "shift characters", such as the ESC that leads control sequences for many terminals, or the level shift indicators in the old 5-bit Baudot codes. 3. In personal communication, using methods other than electronic mail, such as telephone or snail-mail. 4. (software) Values returned by a function that are not in its "natural" range of return values, but rather signal some kind of exception. Many C functions that normally return a non-negative integer return -1 to indicate failure. This use confuses "out-of-band" with "out-of-range". It is actually a clear example of in-band signalling since it uses the same "channel" for control and data. Compare hidden flag, green bytes, fence.
outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
parson bird — tui.
pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
pensionable — worker: of retirement age
phonophobia — an intense fear of noises

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