10-letter words containing b, o, s, n
- obsidional — relating to a besiegement
- obsoleting — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstruents — Plural form of obstruent.
- obtuseness — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- offensible — (obsolete) That may give offense.
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- omnibusses — (dated) Plural form of omnibus.
- on standby — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pushbutton — A pushbutton machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches.
- rackabones — 'a rack of bones', a metaphor for a person or animal that is very thin or emaciated
- ransomable — capable of being ransomed
- 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.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- 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.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubiginous — rusty; rust-colored; brownish-red.
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- saxon blue — a dye made by dissolving indigo in a solution of sulphuric acid
- schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
- seasonable — suitable to or characteristic of the season: seasonable weather.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- shikibuton — futon.
- signal box — a railway signal tower.
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snobbiness — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks