12-letter words containing o, b, e, y
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on your bike — away you go
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- phlebography — venography.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- possessed by — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- roller derby — a race on roller skates, esp one involving aggressive tactics
- rotary table — A rotary table is a revolving part which turns the drill string.
- set store by — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.