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11-letter words containing o, b, s, t, r, e

  • inobtrusive — unobtrusive.
  • job's-tears — (used with a plural verb) the hard, nearly spherical bracts that surround the female flowers of an Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, and which when ripe are used as beads.
  • keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
  • letterboxes — Plural form of letterbox.
  • lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
  • lobster net — a net used for catching lobsters
  • lobster pot — a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.
  • lobsterback — redcoat.
  • lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
  • lost tribes — the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. II Kings 17:1–23.
  • meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
  • morbidities — a morbid state or quality.
  • mossbluiter — the bittern
  • neuroblasts — Plural form of neuroblast.
  • objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
  • obliterates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obliterate.
  • obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
  • obscurities — Plural form of obscurity.
  • obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
  • observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
  • observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • observative — Observant; watchful.
  • observatory — a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
  • 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.
  • obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
  • oktoberfest — a traditional festival held each October in Munich, Germany.
  • outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
  • overballast — (transitive) To load with too much ballast.
  • oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
  • polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
  • postpuberty — the period after puberty
  • protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
  • protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
  • rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
  • rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
  • rose beetle — rose chafer.
  • serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
  • step reebok — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
  • stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • sternotribe — (of a flower) having contact with the sternum of an insect
  • stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
  • stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
  • stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
  • stone broke — having no money whatsoever.
  • stone-broke — having no money whatsoever.
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