11-letter words containing n, b, o
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- obsceneness — Quality of being obscene.
- obscenities — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscuration — the act of obscuring.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
- observingly — Attentively, observantly.
- obsessional — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- obsignation — the action or process of certifying by means of, or as if with, a seal or a mark of ratification
- obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
- obsolescent — becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word: an obsolescent term.
- obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
- obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- obstriction — the condition of being under an obligation, or a duty or compulsion that causes obligation
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- obtestation — The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
- obumbration — the action of making dim, dark, obfuscated, or eclipsed
- obviousness — The characteristic of being obvious.
- odd-job man — An odd-job man is a man who is paid to do various jobs such as cleaning or repairing things, usually in someone's home.
- odontoblast — one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed.
- off balance — If you are off balance, you are in an unsteady position and about to fall.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- olive brown — a dull yellowish-brown to yellowish-green colour
- ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- ombudswomen — Plural form of ombudswoman.
- omnibearing — the magnetic bearing of an omnirange station.
- on stand-by — in a state of readiness for action or use
- on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- on the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- on the beat — A police officer on the beat is on duty, walking around the area for which he or she is responsible.
- on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- onyx marble — Mexican onyx.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- orange book — (security, standard) A standard from the US Government National Computer Security Council (an arm of the U.S. National Security Agency), "Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December 1985" which defines criteria for trusted computer products. There are four levels, A, B, C, and D. Each level adds more features and requirements. D is a non-secure system. C1 requires user log-on, but allows group ID. C2 requires individual log-on with password and an audit mechanism. (Most Unix implementations are roughly C1, and can be upgraded to about C2 without excessive pain). Levels B and A provide mandatory control. Access is based on standard Department of Defense clearances. B1 requires DOD clearance levels. B2 guarantees the path between the user and the security system and provides assurances that the system can be tested and clearances cannot be downgraded. B3 requires that the system is characterised by a mathematical model that must be viable. A1 requires a system characterized by a mathematical model that can be proven. See also crayola books, book titles.
- ordeal bean — Calabar bean.
- organizable — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- out-of-band — 1. (communications) The exchange of call control information on a dedicated channel, separate from that used by the telephone call or data transmission. 2. Sometimes used to describe what communications people call "shift characters", such as the ESC that leads control sequences for many terminals, or the level shift indicators in the old 5-bit Baudot codes. 3. In personal communication, using methods other than electronic mail, such as telephone or snail-mail. 4. (software) Values returned by a function that are not in its "natural" range of return values, but rather signal some kind of exception. Many C functions that normally return a non-negative integer return -1 to indicate failure. This use confuses "out-of-band" with "out-of-range". It is actually a clear example of in-band signalling since it uses the same "channel" for control and data. Compare hidden flag, green bytes, fence.
- outbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outbalance.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outbuilding — a detached building subordinate to a main building.