10-letter words containing b, o, r
- ombrometer — An instrument for measuring rainfall.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- ombrophobe — a plant which does not survive in or tolerate rainy conditions
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- onboarding — (business) The process of bringing a new employee on board, incorporating training and orientation.
- one-bagger — single (def 24).
- open brace — left brace
- operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- opprobrium — the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
- oracle rdb — (database) A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation, but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX, Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha, and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX. This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
- orange box — a container made from strips of wood, traditionally used for transporting fruit
- orangeburg — a city in central South Carolina.
- orb weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Argiopidae, characterized by loosely woven, spiraling webs that have support lines radiating outward from the center.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- ordainable — able to be ordained
- order book — written log of orders placed
- ore bridge — a gantry crane used for transferring ore to and from stockpiles.
- organ bank — a facility that manages organs for transplant
- orgone box — a cabinetlike device constructed of layers of wood and other materials, as tin, claimed by its inventor, Wilhelm Reich, to restore orgone energy to persons sitting in it, thereby aiding in the cure of impotence, cancer, the common cold, etc.
- orthoboric — (chemistry) boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron).
- outbargain — to surpass in bargaining
- outbluster — to surpass in blustering
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- outbreathe — to breathe out
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outrebound — to exceed in rebounding
- over-abuse — to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.
- over-break — earth or rock excavated outside of neat lines.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overbanked — Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
- overbarren — Excessively barren.
- overbeaten — beaten too much or too many times
- overbidder — someone who overbids, esp in the game of bridge
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overblouse — a blouse designed to be worn outside the waistband of a skirt or a pair of slacks.
- overboldly — in too bold a manner; incautiously
- overbooked — Simple past tense and past participle of overbook.
- overborrow — to borrow too much money
- overbought — marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying: The stock market is overbought now. Compare oversold.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overbridge — (British) A bridge that allows traffic to pass over a road, river, railway etc.
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- overbrowse — to browse on (vegetation, land, etc) excessively, in a damaging way; overgraze
- overbrutal — excessively brutal
- overbudget — costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.
- overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overdubbed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdub.
- overlabour — excessive toil
- oversubtle — too subtle (so as to be unnoticed)