10-letter words containing o, b
- aerophobia — a pathological fear of draughts of air
- affordable — If something is affordable, most people have enough money to buy it.
- affordably — in an affordable or reasonably priced manner
- afro-cuban — of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
- agoraphobe — a person suffering from agoraphobia
- agraphobia — Fear of sexual abuse.
- ahorseback — on horseback
- air harbor — a harbor for hydroplanes, especially seaplanes.
- alabastron — a jar characteristically having an elongated shape, narrow neck, flat-rimmed mouth, and rounded base requiring a stand or support, chiefly used for fragrant ointments.
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alba longa — a city of ancient Latium, southeast of modern Rome: the legendary birthplace of Romulus and Remus
- albondigas — Small meatballs, prepared in the Mexican, Spanish, or South American way.
- albumenoid — Alternative form of albuminoid.
- albuminoid — resembling albumin
- albuminose — Alternative form of albuminous.
- albuminous — of or containing albumin
- algophobia — an acute fear of experiencing or witnessing bodily pain
- all-elbows — (jargon) Said of a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) mess-dos program, such as the N pop-up calendar and calculator utilities that circulate on BBS systems: unsociable. Used to describe a program that rudely steals the resources that it needs without considering that other TSRs may also be resident. One particularly common form of rudeness is lock-up due to programs fighting over the keyboard interrupt.
- allowables — that may be allowed; legitimate; permissible: an allowable tax deduction.
- altophobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambassador — An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there.
- ambilevous — (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambisonics — the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound
- ambitioned — sought after, desired
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambulation — to walk about or move from place to place.
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- ameloblast — a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel
- ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- amoebiasis — infection, esp of the intestines, caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
- amoebiform — resembling, shaped, or changing in shape like an amoeba
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
- anaerobies — (biology) anaerobes.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- anchor bed — a sloping, slightly projecting platform on the forecastle of a ship, for supporting an anchor when not in use.
- angioblast — one of several mesenchymal cells capable of developing into the endothelium of the blood vessels.
- anglophobe — a person who hates or fears England or its people
- angwantibo — a rare gold-coloured prosimian primate of tropical Africa, Arctocebus calabarensis, having digits that are specialized as a pair of pincers for climbing: family Lorisidae (lorises)
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- anklebones — Plural form of anklebone.
- anti-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- antibaryon — the antiparticle of any of the baryons
- antibiosis — an association between two organisms, esp microorganisms, that is harmful to one of them