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7-letter words containing b, e, o

  • obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
  • observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • obstet. — obstetric(s)
  • obtrude — to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
  • obverse — the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
  • obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
  • october — the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Oct.
  • offbase — Alternative form of off base.
  • offbeat — differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian.
  • on base — at a base, having reached it safely with a base hit, walk, etc.
  • oobleck — A mixture of cornstarch and water with unusual physical properties.
  • openbsd — (operating system)   A version of BSD Unix with an emphasis on security. A lot of security work that is ported to other free operating systems originates with OpenBSD and a lot of code review is done here. Sub-projects of OpenBSD include implementations of SSH, ntpd, and CVS, to be called OpenCVS.
  • orbited — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
  • orbiter — Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
  • orbless — characterized by the absence of orbs
  • orebody — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
  • osborne — John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
  • outbake — to bake more than or better than
  • outbeam — to beam more than or brighter than
  • outbred — Simple past tense and past participle of outbreed.
  • overbed — fitting over a bed
  • overbet — to bet too much or more than the usual or permitted amount
  • overbid — to bid more than the value of (a thing): to overbid one's cards.
  • overbig — too big
  • overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
  • overdub — to add other recorded sound or music, as a supplementary instrumental or vocal track, to a taped musical track to complete or enhance a recording.
  • ownable — able to be owned
  • pageboy — a hair style in which the hair is rolled under, usually at shoulder-length.
  • peabody — Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
  • peg box — the head of a stringed instrument, with several pegs that can be turned so as to tune strings wound around them
  • phlebo- — indicating a vein
  • phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
  • pinbone — the hipbone, especially in a four-footed animal.
  • placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
  • pokable — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
  • potable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
  • potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
  • preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
  • prebook — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • preboom — of the period before an economic boom; existing or occurring prior to an economic boom
  • preborn — not yet born
  • pre\box — (computer)   Phase 5's Amiga clone, announced on 1998-03-10. The pre\box will have a processor card with four PowerPC processors running in parallel. The processors will range from four 200 MHz PPC604e chips to four 300MHz PPC750 chips. It will have a Voodoo2 video graphics card, as well as a custom video chip working in concert, with 8 MB of video ram. It will run Amiga OS 3.1 (or higher if Gateway 2000 delivers the next upgrade before its release) and have Motorola 68000 CPU emulation in software. Other features include EIDE, Ultra Wide SCSI-II, PCI, Ethernet and DIMM sockets. Extra RAM, hard disks and CD-ROM will be available. The initial specification will probably be 32MB RAM, 32-speed CD and 4GB hard disk in an ATX minitower. Systems should start at about $2000 for four parallel 200 MHZ CPUs and be available at the end of 1998.
  • probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
  • problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
  • proverb — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
  • pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
  • re-boil — to boil again
  • reblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
  • rebloom — (of a plant or flower) to bloom again
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