10-letter words containing i, s, b
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- 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
- siad barre — Muhammad, 1919–1995, Somali army officer and political leader: president 1969–91.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sicklebill — any of various birds having a long, curved bill, as the long-billed curlew or curve-billed thrasher.
- side table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- side-table — a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- sideboards — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- sideburned — having sideburns
- sieva bean — butter bean.
- sieve tube — a vertical series of sieve cells in the phloem, specialized for the conduction of food materials.
- signal box — a railway signal tower.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverbill — a species of finch of the genus Munia
- single bed — bed for one person
- sinkerball — sinker (def 5).
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- slab-sided — having the sides long and flat, like slabs.
- slabbiness — the state or condition of being slabby
- sleigh bed — a bed resembling a sleigh in shape, with curved boards at the head and foot
- sling-back — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- 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.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumbering — to sleep, especially lightly; doze; drowse.
- 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.
- snow-blind — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- snubbiness — the state or characteristic of being snubby
- snubbingly — in a snubbing manner
- sob sister — a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos.
- sobersided — solemn or grave in disposition, attitude, character, etc.; serious-minded.
- sobersides — a humorless or habitually serious person.
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- solubility — the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- sombrerite — a lime and alumina phosphoric compound
- sonic boom — a loud noise caused by the shock wave generated by an aircraft moving at supersonic speed.
- soubriquet — sobriquet.
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.