10-letter words containing l, o, b, t
- statoblast — (in certain bryozoans) an asexually produced group of cells encased in a chitinous covering that can survive unfavorable conditions, as freezing or drought, and germinate to produce a new colony.
- stool ball — a game resembling cricket, still played by girls and women in Sussex, England
- stoop ball — a game resembling baseball, played in a street, schoolyard, or other confined paved area, in which a ball is thrown forcibly against a stairway or wall so that it rebounds into the air, bases and runs being awarded depending on the number of bounces the ball takes before being caught by the opposing player or team.
- 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.
- storm belt — an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent
- stove bolt — a small bolt, similar to a machine screw but with a coarser thread.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subglottal — of or relating to the glottis.
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- 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.
- subsultory — moving in starts or twitches; relating to subsultus
- subtotally — less than totally, incompletely
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
- tablecloth — a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.
- tablemount — guyot
- tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
- 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.
- tabulatory — relating to tabulation
- 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.
- talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- teleboides — Taphiae.
- the bottle — drinking of alcohol, esp to excess
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tilt board — a seesaw.
- timbrology — philately or the study of postage stamps
- toilet bag — wash bag for toiletries
- tollbridge — a bridge where tolls are collected
- tombalbaye — François [French frahn-swa] /French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1918–75, African statesman: president of the Republic of Chad 1960–75.
- tourbillon — a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity
- tower bolt — barrel bolt.
- toxalbumin — any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
- trail boss — (in Western U.S.) a person responsible for driving a herd of cattle.
- trailboard — an ornamented board extending on each side of the bow of a vessel from a figurehead or the like to abaft the hawse.
- traymobile — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- trilobated — having three lobes
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- tuberculo- — tubercular
- tubicolous — living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.
- tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
- tubulation — Also, tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.