14-letter words containing o, b, t, a
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- staggering bob — a newborn calf.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subarborescent — below or under trees
- subassociation — an association that forms part of a larger association
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subinsinuation — an indirect or incomplete insinuation
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- substantiation — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantiators — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substitutional — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- table football — a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball
- table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- tabularization — the act of tabularizing
- takeout double — informatory double.
- talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
- taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another