10-letter words containing i, b, o, t
- san benito — a city in S Texas.
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shikibuton — futon.
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- short ribs — the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- solubility — the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
- storksbill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsociety — a subdivision of a society
- substation — a branch of a main post office.
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- tabulation — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- tailorable — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- tailorbird — any of several small Asian passerine birds, especially of the genus Orthotomus, that stitch leaves together to form and conceal their nests.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- teleboides — Taphiae.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- theophobia — morbid fear or hatred of God
- thigh bone — femur: bone of the upper leg
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- thrombotic — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- tibiotarsi — a long bone in a bird's leg between the femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone)
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tide-bound — (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.