11-letter words containing o, b, s, c, e
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- microfibers — Plural form of microfiber.
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- mobocracies — Plural form of mobocracy.
- musclebound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- necrobiosis — the death of cells or tissue caused by aging or disease.
- nonmiscible — not capable of being mixed.
- nucleobases — Plural form of nucleobase.
- obfusticate — Synonym of obfuscate.
- object lens — objective (def 3).
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- objectifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of objectify.
- objectivise — to cause to become concrete or objective; objectify.
- objectivism — a tendency to lay stress on the objective or external elements of cognition.
- objectivist — a tendency to lay stress on the objective or external elements of cognition.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- obsceneness — Quality of being obscene.
- obscenities — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
- obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obscurities — Plural form of obscurity.
- obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
- observances — Plural form of observance.
- obsolescent — becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word: an obsolescent term.
- obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- processable — capable of being processed.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- quebecoises — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- scarabaeoid — resembling a scarab.
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- second best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- second-best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).