7-letter words containing b, o, s, e
- obelism — the practice of marking or adding comments on passages in a text
- obesely — very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- obesity — the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence: His obesity puts him at risk for major health problems.
- objects — Say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something.
- oblates — Plural form of oblate.
- obliges — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- obscene — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obstet. — obstetric(s)
- obverse — the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- offbase — Alternative form of off base.
- on base — at a base, having reached it safely with a base hit, walk, etc.
- openbsd — (operating system) A version of BSD Unix with an emphasis on security. A lot of security work that is ported to other free operating systems originates with OpenBSD and a lot of code review is done here. Sub-projects of OpenBSD include implementations of SSH, ntpd, and CVS, to be called OpenCVS.
- orbless — characterized by the absence of orbs
- osborne — John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- posable — to assume a particular attitude or stance, especially with the hope of impressing others: He likes to pose as an authority on literature.
- pueblos — a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
- roberts — Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- robeson — Paul, 1898–1976, U.S. singer and actor.
- rosebay — any of several rhododendrons, as the great laurel of eastern North America or Rhododendron macrophyllum, of the west coast of North America.
- rosebed — a part of a garden where roses grow
- rosebud — the bud of a rose.
- saprobe — saprophyte.
- scherbo — Vitaly [vee-tah-li] /viˈtɑ lɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1972, Belarusian gymnast.
- seaboot — a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- seaborg — Glenn T(heodor) 1912–1999, U.S. chemist: chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 1961–71; Nobel prize 1951.
- seedbox — the part of a plant that contains seeds
- shoebox — an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.
- slobber — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- sobered — not intoxicated or drunk.
- soberly — not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobukwe — Robert (Mangaliso). 1924–78, South African politician. Founder of the Pan-Africanist Congress
- sofabed — sofa that converts into a bed
- soluble — capable of being dissolved or liquefied: a soluble powder.
- sorbate — a sorbed substance.
- sorbent — a surface that sorbs.
- sorbite — a hexahydric alcohol
- sorbose — a ketohexose, C 6 H 1 2 O 6 , occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.
- soubise — a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.
- soybean — a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
- strobes — Shared Time Repair of Big Electronic Systems
- subcode — a computer tag identifying data on something such as a compact disc
- subecho — an echo resonating more quietly than another echo
- subnote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- subtone — an undertone, an underlying, low or subordinate tone
- subzero — indicating or recording lower than zero on some scale, especially on the Fahrenheit scale: a week of sub-zero temperatures.
- subzone — a subdivision of a zone.