9-letter words containing c, o, s, b
- lobscouse — a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
- local bus — (hardware) A bus connecting a processor to memory, usually on the same circuit board as opposed to a backplane and therefore faster. Various proprietary local busses for personal computers are still in use. The most common are Vesa local bus (VLB or VL), and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI). Some computers, e.g. notebook computers, use a local bus with no expansion slots. Previous non-local bus standards include ISA, EISA and MCA.
- lockboxes — Plural form of lockbox.
- lubricous — (of a surface, coating, etc.) having an oily smoothness; slippery.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- misbecome — to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mossbacks — Plural form of mossback.
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- objectors — Plural form of objector.
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurely — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurest — Superlative form of obscure.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obsecrate — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- obsolesce — to be or become obsolescent.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obstruct.
- octobrist — a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- osso buco — Italian veal dish
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- proboscis — the trunk of an elephant.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rock bass — a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- scaraboid — of, relating to, or resembling a scarabaeid
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolbag — a bag used for carrying books, school supplies, etc.
- schoolboy — a boy attending school.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scorbutic — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with scurvy.
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.