10-letter words containing n, o, b, s
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- book lungs — primitive lungs of many arachnids, consisting of pagelike layers of tissue over which air circulates for respiration
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- bossa nova — a dance similar to the samba, originating in Brazil
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
- bosun bird — tropic bird.
- bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
- bottomness — the number of bottom antiquarks minus the number of bottom quarks in a particle
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bounderish — having the qualities of a bounder
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- bousingken — a drinking house frequented by thieves or other disreputable characters
- box spring — A box spring is a frame containing rows of coiled springs that is used to provide support for a mattress. You can also use box springs to refer to the springs themselves.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- brokenness — the quality of being broken
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- broodiness — moody; gloomy.
- brown eyes — eyes with brown irises
- brown nose — a form of light sensitization in cattle
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- brown-nose — to curry favor; behave obsequiously.
- brownnoser — a person who brownnoses
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
- buffoonish — resembling or in the manner of a buffoon
- bull-nosed — having a rounded end
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
- bunglesome — characterized by bungling
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.