9-letter words containing n, o, b, t
- probation — the act of testing.
- rabbit on — talk incessantly
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- reboation — a repeated bellowing sound
- rent book — a document that acts as a record of the regular amounts of money that you have paid as rent for accommodation
- robertson — Oscar Palmer ("The Big O") born 1938, U.S. basketball player.
- rootbound — (of a pot plant) having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- snobbiest — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snow-boot — a boot specially designed for walking in snow
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- softbound — book: paperback
- sorbonist — a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- soundbite — short statement, quotation
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- stillborn — dead when born.
- stoneboat — a type of sleigh used for moving rocks from fields, for hauling milk cans, etc
- stop knob — stop (def 31d).
- strongbox — a strongly made, lockable box or chest for safeguarding valuable possessions, as money, jewels, or documents.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcounty — a division of a county
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- sunbonnet — a bonnet with a large brim shading the face and sometimes a piece projecting over the neck, worn by women and children.
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- symbionts — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- tabellion — a scribe or subordinate notary
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- the bronx — the, a borough of New York City, N of Manhattan. 43.4 sq. mi. (112 sq. km).
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- thighbone — femur (def 1).
- thon buri — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
- thornbill — any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Chalcostigma, Ramphomicron, etc, having a thornlike bill
- thornbird — any of various small S American birds of the genus Phacellodomus
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.
- throbbing — to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
- tinderbox — a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
- titanoboa — a genus of giant prehistoric snake of the Palaeocene epoch, having a body length exceeding 12 metres
- tobin tax — a proposed tax on foreign-exchange transactions intended to discourage destabilizing speculation while also raising large revenues that could be channelled to the developing world
- tombstone — a stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave.
- tonbridge — a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)
- torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
- trebizond — a medieval empire in NE Asia Minor 1204–1461.
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- true-born — genuinely or authentically so because of birth: a trueborn son of Ireland; a trueborn Parisian.