10-letter words containing b, i, o, t, s
- obsoleting — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obsoletism — A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
- obstetrics — the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- 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.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- roboticist — a specialist in robots or robotics.
- robustious — rough, rude, or boisterous.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shikibuton — futon.
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- short ribs — the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- solubility — the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- storksbill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- 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.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsociety — a subdivision of a society
- substation — a branch of a main post office.