10-letter words containing b, o, e, r, s
- observator — (obsolete) An observer.
- obstetrics — the branch of medical science concerned with childbirth and caring for and treating women in or in connection with childbirth. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct.
- obstructer — Someone who obstructs, agent noun of obstruct.
- obstruents — Plural form of obstruent.
- obstrusive — Misspelling of obtrusive.
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- outbluster — to surpass in blustering
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- overblouse — a blouse designed to be worn outside the waistband of a skirt or a pair of slacks.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overbrowse — to browse on (vegetation, land, etc) excessively, in a damaging way; overgraze
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)
- oyster bay — a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- pasteboard — a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- pressboxer — a sportswriter or sportscaster.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- rackabones — 'a rack of bones', a metaphor for a person or animal that is very thin or emaciated
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- ramboesque — looking or behaving like, or characteristic of, Rambo, a fictional film character noted for his mindless brutality
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- re-soluble — able to be redissolved.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reclosable — capable of being closed again easily or tightly after opening: a reclosable box of crackers.
- resolvable — that can be resolved.
- restorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- rhomboides — a rhomboid
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- roberdsman — a robber
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rose noble — a former gold coin of England, first issued by Edward IV, being the existing noble with a figure of a rose added to the types on either side: much imitated on the Continent, especially in the Netherlands.
- rouseabout — an unskilled labourer in a shearing shed
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.