10-letter words containing n, o, b, s, e
- snub-nosed — having a snub nose: a snub-nosed child.
- somberness — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- sound bite — a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- spaceborne — moving in orbit around the earth: a spaceborne surveillance system.
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spunbonded — being or designating a material or fiber produced by spun-bonding.
- sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
- stone bass — wreckfish.
- stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
- stoneborer — an animal that can bore through rocks, esp certain types of bivalve molluscs that bore into limestone
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- sub-reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subjection — the act of subjecting.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- submersion — to submerge.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- subpoenaed — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- 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.
- 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.
- subversion — an act or instance of subverting.
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- symbionese — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Symbionese Liberation Army or its adherents.
- 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.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
- unabsolved — to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
- unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
- unbesought — not besought or entreated
- unbespoken — not bespoken or arranged for
- unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- unembossed — to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
- unobscured — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- unobserved — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- unpossible — impossible
- unsmokable — not able to be smoked
- unsociable — not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
- unsolvable — capable of being solved, as a problem.