10-letter words containing o, b, t
- tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
- toilet bag — wash bag for toiletries
- tollbridge — a bridge where tolls are collected
- tombalbaye — François [French frahn-swa] /French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1918–75, African statesman: president of the Republic of Chad 1960–75.
- tombouctou — Timbuktu.
- tonka bean — the fragrant, black almond-shaped seed of a tall tree belonging to the genus Dipteryx (or Coumarouna), of the legume family, especially D. odorata, of tropical South America, used in perfumes, as a source of coumarin, and as a substitute for vanilla.
- toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
- top banana — a leading comedian in musical comedy, burlesque, vaudeville, etc.: For many years he was top banana on the circuit.
- top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
- torbernite — a mineral, hydrated copper uranium phosphate, CuU 2 P 2 O 12 ⋅12H 2 O, occurring in square tabular crystals of a bright-green color: a minor ore of uranium; copper uranite.
- tote board — a totalizator.
- touch base — make contact
- tourbillon — a device in a mechanical watch which prevents errors due to changes in gravity
- tower bolt — barrel bolt.
- toxalbumin — any poisonous protein occurring in certain bacterial cultures, plants, or snake venoms.
- toxiphobia — an abnormal fear of being poisoned.
- trade book — a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.
- trail boss — (in Western U.S.) a person responsible for driving a herd of cattle.
- trailboard — an ornamented board extending on each side of the bow of a vessel from a figurehead or the like to abaft the hawse.
- traymobile — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- tribometer — an instrument used to estimate rubbing friction
- tribromide — a bromide containing three atoms of bromine.
- trilobated — having three lobes
- trolleybus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- trombonist — musician who plays the trombone
- tropicbird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- trowbridge — a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Wiltshire: woollen manufacturing. Pop: 34 401 (2001)
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- tube-nosed — having a long, tubelike beak or snout.
- tuberculo- — tubercular
- tuberiform — in the form of a tuber
- tuberosity — a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- tubicolous — living in a self-constructed tube, as a marine worm.
- tuboplasty — surgical repair of one or both Fallopian tubes
- tubulation — Also, tubulated. shaped like or having a tube.
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
- tumblehome — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
- turbo pump — a turbine powered pump
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
- turbotrain — a train powered by a gas-turbine locomotive.
- turbulator — a device that is designed to make air flow more smoothly over the wing of an aircraft and minimize turbulence
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- twig borer — any of several beetles, beetle larvae, or moth larvae that bore into the twigs of plants.