10-letter words containing b, i, s, t, r
- obituaries — Plural form of obituary.
- obituarist — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- obligators — Plural form of obligator.
- obliterans — Producing obstruction due to inflammation and fibrosis.
- obstetrics — the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- rabbitries — Plural form of rabbitry.
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- resistible — that can be resisted.
- rice blast — a disease of rice caused by the fungus Pyricularia oryae, characterized by elliptical leaf spots with reddish-brown margins, brownish lesions and neck rot of the fruiting panicles, and stunting of the plant.
- risibility — Often, risibilities. the ability or disposition to laugh; humorous awareness of the ridiculous and absurd.
- roboticist — a specialist in robots or robotics.
- robustious — rough, rude, or boisterous.
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat
- saintsbury — George Edward Bateman [beyt-muh n] /ˈbeɪt mən/ (Show IPA), 1845–1933, English literary critic and historian.
- scrub suit — a loose-fitting, usually two-piece garment, often of green cotton, worn by surgeons and assisting personnel in an operating room.
- 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
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- spitballer — a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- st. brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stillbirth — the birth of a dead child or organism.
- 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.
- strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- string bag — an openwork bag made of string, especially one with handles.
- stringbean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip club — strip joint.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- 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.
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article