9-letter words containing n, o, b, s
- notebooks — Plural form of notebook.
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- oblations — Plural form of oblation.
- oblivions — Plural form of oblivion.
- obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- obscenely — offensive to morality or decency; indecent; depraved: obscene language.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurant — a person who strives to prevent the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obsequent — (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- observing — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- obsessing — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- obsession — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obstinant — (proscribed) Obstinate.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtesting — Present participle of obtest.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obversion — an act or instance of obverting.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- osborne 1 — (computer) A portable computer that weighed 11 kg and cost $1795, produced by Osborne Computer Corporation in 1981. The Osborne 1 came with a five-inch screen, modem port, two 5 1/4 floppy drives and a battery pack. It came with the CP/M operating system, SuperCalc spreadsheet application, WordStar, word processing application, Microsoft MBASIC programming language and Digital Research CBASIC programming language.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbounds — boundaries
- ovenbirds — Plural form of ovenbird.
- owensboro — a city in NW Kentucky, on the Ohio River.
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- robertson — Oscar Palmer ("The Big O") born 1938, U.S. basketball player.
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- san bruno — a city in W California, S of San Francisco.
- san pablo — a city in the Philippines, on S Luzon.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sand goby — a species of goby, (Pomatoschistus minutus), that lives in European sandy waters
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- scrubdown — an act or instance of scrubbing, especially a thorough washing of a surface or object: The decks of the ship get a scrubdown every morning.
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.