10-letter words containing o, b, t
- subtotally — less than totally, incompletely
- subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- swamp boat — Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
- tablecloth — a cloth for covering the top of a table, especially during a meal.
- tablemount — guyot
- tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
- tabloid tv — a television program or television programming that is lurid or sensational, as unconventional newscasts and gossipy talk shows.
- tabulation — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- tabulatory — relating to tabulation
- tailorable — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- tailorbird — any of several small Asian passerine birds, especially of the genus Orthotomus, that stitch leaves together to form and conceal their nests.
- take a bow — to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
- talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- teleboides — Taphiae.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- terrebonne — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- the beyond — the unknown; the world outside the range of human perception, esp life after death in certain religious beliefs
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the bottle — drinking of alcohol, esp to excess
- the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
- the bowery — a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks
- theophobia — morbid fear or hatred of God
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thigh bone — femur: bone of the upper leg
- thrombogen — prothrombin.
- thrombosed — affected with a thrombus or blood clot
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- thrombotic — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- tibiotarsi — a long bone in a bird's leg between the femur (thighbone) and tibia (shinbone)
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tide-bound — (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.
- tilt board — a seesaw.
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- timbrology — philately or the study of postage stamps
- time about — alternately; turn and turn about
- titubation — a disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking, resulting in an uncertain gait and trembling, especially resulting from diseases of the cerebellum.
- to be sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- tobagonian — an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the independent republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 116 sq. mi. (300 sq. km).