10-letter words containing i, b, o, t
- optophobia — The fear of opening one's eyes.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- orthoboric — (chemistry) boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron).
- ostensible — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- oubliettes — Plural form of oubliette.
- outbargain — to surpass in bargaining
- outbidding — Present participle of outbid.
- outbraving — Present participle of outbrave.
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- paint bomb — a device containing paint which explodes on impact
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- phlebolite — a small mass or solid deposit of calcium that forms in a vein
- phlebolith — valueless rock or mineral matter occurring in a vein; gangue.
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- pilot boat — a boat carrying pilots to or from large ships.
- pinto bean — a variety of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, having mottled or spotted seeds: grown chiefly in the southern U.S.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- pitot tube — (often lowercase) an instrument for measuring fluid velocity, consisting of a narrow tube, one end of which is open and faces upstream, the other end being connected to a manometer.
- pogey bait — candy or a treat used to lure a child into a sexual situation.
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- posttibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- potability — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- prohibitor — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- quodlibets — Plural form of quodlibet.
- rabbit job — (Cambridge) A batch job that does little, if any, real work, but creates one or more copies of itself, breeding like rabbits. Compare wabbit, fork bomb.
- rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
- radio tube — a vacuum tube used in a radio receiving set.
- retributor — a person who retributes
- rhabdolith — a minute rodlike structure, believed by some to be algae, found at the bottom and the surface of the ocean, and which is composed of calcium carbonate, calcium or limestone
- ribbentrop — Joachim von [yoh-ah-khim fuh n] /ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm fən/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German leader in the Nazi party: minister of foreign affairs 1938–45; executed for war crimes.
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- robert iii — ?1337–1406, king of Scotland (1390–1406), son of Robert II
- roborating — strengthening or invigorating
- roboticist — a specialist in robots or robotics.
- robustious — rough, rude, or boisterous.
- sailboater — a person who sails a boat