10-letter words containing o, b, s, l
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- signal box — a railway signal tower.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- slobbering — to let saliva or liquid run from the mouth; slaver; drivel.
- slop basin — a basin or bowl into which the dregs, leaves, and grounds of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- sluice-box — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumberous — sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- small-bore — of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
- snail bore — drill1 (def 5).
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snow-blind — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowblower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- social bee — any of several bees, as the honeybees or bumblebees, that live together in communities.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- soil-based — having soil as the main constituent
- solubility — the quality or property of being soluble; relative capability of being dissolved.
- solubilize — to make soluble, or to increase solubility.
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- spellbound — bound by or as if by a spell; enchanted, entranced, or fascinated: a spellbound audience.
- spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- stable boy — A stable boy is a young man who works in a stable looking after the horses.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- statoblast — (in certain bryozoans) an asexually produced group of cells encased in a chitinous covering that can survive unfavorable conditions, as freezing or drought, and germinate to produce a new colony.
- stool ball — a game resembling cricket, still played by girls and women in Sussex, England
- stoop ball — a game resembling baseball, played in a street, schoolyard, or other confined paved area, in which a ball is thrown forcibly against a stairway or wall so that it rebounds into the air, bases and runs being awarded depending on the number of bounces the ball takes before being caught by the opposing player or team.
- storksbill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- storm belt — an area of the earth's surface in which storms are frequent
- stove bolt — a small bolt, similar to a machine screw but with a coarser thread.
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- subcollege — a department of a college which provides classes below college level
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subglobose — not quite globe-shaped
- subglossal — of or relating to the tongue.
- subglottal — of or relating to the glottis.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- suboctuple — in the proportion or ratio of one to eight
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suborbital — (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- subsultory — moving in starts or twitches; relating to subsultus
- subtotally — less than totally, incompletely