11-letter words containing n, o, b, t

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
odontoblast — one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed.
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
openability — The quality of being openable.
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.
outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
outnumbered — to exceed in number.
overbetting — the activity or practice of betting more than the usual or permitted amount
overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
overburthen — to overburden
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.
paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
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.
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.
prelibation — a foretaste.
proabortion — pro-choice.
probational — the act of testing.
probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
push-button — operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.

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