14-letter words containing b, o, t
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
- objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
- objet de vertu — an object of virtu
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- oblique motion — the relative motion of two melodic parts in which one remains in place or moves relatively little while the other moves more actively.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
- occipital lobe — the most posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, behind the parietal and temporal lobes.
- occult balance — asymmetrical balance of visual elements in an artistic composition.
- octosyllabical — Alternative form of octosyllabic.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- olfactory bulb — the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.
- olfactory lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.
- omnibenevolent — All-loving, or infinitely good, usually in reference to a deity or supernatural being, for example, 'God'. Its use is often with regards to the divine triad, whereby a deity is described to be simultaneously omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent. This triad is used especially with the Christian god, Yahweh.
- on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
- on the rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- on the wallaby — (of a person) wandering about looking for work
- open to debate — If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided.
- opening gambit — a preliminary or opening tactic
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- organizability — The suitability or potential for organization.
- out of the box — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- outboard motor — a portable gasoline engine with propeller and tiller, clamped on the stern of a boat.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- penalty double — business double.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.