9-letter words containing b, i, o, s
- oblivions — Plural form of oblivion.
- oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obsequial — Relating to an obsequy or funeral rite.
- obsequies — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obsessing — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- obsessive — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- obsidious — (rare) besieging; besetting, obsessional.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- 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.
- obtesting — Present participle of obtest.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obversion — an act or instance of obverting.
- obviously — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- octobrist — a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- omissible — capable of being or allowed to be omitted.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- overbills — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbill.
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- post-obit — effective after a particular person's death.
- proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- quilombos — Plural form of quilombo.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rib roast — a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- sailboard — a long board, usually of Plexiglas, used for windsurfing, having a mount for a sail, a daggerboard, and a small skeg.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- semiglobe — a half globe; a hemisphere
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shipborne — carried on a ship.