11-letter words containing n, b, o
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outnumbered — to exceed in number.
- overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
- overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overbetting — the activity or practice of betting more than the usual or permitted amount
- overbidding — Present participle of overbid.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- overblowing — A technique for playing a wind instrument so as to produce overtones.
- overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
- overburdens — Plural form of overburden.
- overburthen — to overburden
- overdubbing — Present participle of overdub.
- oxbow front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a curve with a concave section between two convex ones.
- oxygen debt — the body's oxygen deficiency resulting from strenuous physical activity.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parson bird — tui.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- pig boiling — wet puddling.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- poke bonnet — a bonnet with a projecting front brim
- pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
- port number — port
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potato bean — groundnut (def 1).
- pouncet box — a small perfume box with a perforated lid.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- proabortion — pro-choice.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
- prolongable — able to be lengthened