14-letter words containing o, b, s, l
- processability — capable of being processed.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- sabbath school — Sunday school.
- sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
- sanford b dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- self-abandoned — lacking self-control; giving in to one's impulses.
- self-oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- sherry cobbler — a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
- shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- soba (noodles) — Japanese noodles containing buckwheat flour
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- soldier beetle — a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- soluble tablet — A soluble tablet is a tablet that is designed to be dissolved in water before it is swallowed.
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.