9-letter words containing o, b, t
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- obtaining — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obtention — (rare, science) The act of obtaining.
- obtesting — Present participle of obtest.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtrusion — the act of obtruding.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obtunding — Present participle of obtund.
- obtundity — the state of having the senses numbed or less sharp
- obturator — to stop up; close.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- obvention — (obsolete) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
- obviating — Present participle of obviate.
- obviation — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obviative — Describing such a marker.
- obvoluted — Alternative form of obvolute.
- obvolvent — curving or enfolding around something
- octobrist — a member of a Russian political party that advocated constitutional monarchism: so called because it was organized after the Czar's manifesto in October, 1905.
- open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
- orbituary — Orbital.
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- oubliette — a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- outboards — Plural form of outboard.
- outbounds — boundaries
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outbursts — Plural form of outburst.
- outdebate — to outdo or defeat in debate
- outer bar — a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- photobomb — to ruin (a photograph) by appearing in the image without the photographer’s knowledge, often in some dramatic or comical way: My brother photobombed what would have been a nice photo of my grandma and me.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- post-boat — mailboat.
- post-obit — effective after a particular person's death.