14-letter words containing o, b, s, t
- movable system — a system of solmization which assigns the names re, mi, fa, sol, la to the major scale in any key
- moveable feast — a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
- multivibrators — Plural form of multivibrator.
- myofibroblasts — Plural form of myofibroblast.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nitrosobenzene — a blue, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 5 NO, that is green as a molten solid or in solution.
- non-absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- non-adjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- non-combustion — the act or process of burning.
- non-extensible — capable of being extended.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- non-ubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- noncombustible — not flammable.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonjusticiable — capable of being settled by law or by the action of a court: a justiciable dispute.
- nonobjectivism — (philosophy) Any belief system that rejects objectivism.
- nonobjectivist — (philosophy) One who is not an objectivist.
- nonobstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- nonobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- nonsustainable — Not sustainable.
- norway lobster — a European lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, fished for food
- not sb's style — If you say that something is not someone 's style, you mean that it is not the way in which they usually do things, or it is different from the sort of thing they usually like.
- noticeableness — The quality of being noticeable.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nuts and bolts — the essential or basic aspects: to learn the nuts and bolts of a new job.
- objective case — objective (def 2a).
- objective lens — objective (def 3).
- objective test — a test consisting of factual questions requiring extremely short answers that can be quickly and unambiguously scored by anyone with an answer key, thus minimizing subjective judgments by both the person taking the test and the person scoring it.
- objective-case — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objective-lens — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objectlessness — The state or condition of being objectless.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- octosyllabical — Alternative form of octosyllabic.
- of one's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- outer hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.