10-letter words containing o, n, b, a, s
- bare bones — The bare bones of something are its most basic parts or details.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- bargestone — any of several stones forming the sloping edge of a gable.
- barnardo's — a charity, founded by Thomas John Barnardo, that supports vulnerable children and young people
- barognosis — the ability to judge weight
- baronesses — Plural form of baroness.
- baronetess — the wife of a baronet
- barpersons — Plural form of barperson.
- baseperson — (baseball, softball) A fielder (of either gender) positioned near a base.
- bassoonist — A bassoonist is someone who plays the bassoon.
- basutoland — Lesotho
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- bazillions — Plural form of bazillion.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- bean goose — a grey goose, Anser fabalis
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- big casino — (in the game of casino) the ten of diamonds.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blazonings — heraldic adornments
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonnilasse — a pretty girl
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
- bonus ball — (in the National Lottery draw) a ball randomly selected after the first six balls, containing a number which influences the amount of prize money paid
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- bossa nova — a dance similar to the samba, originating in Brazil
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- brassbound — inflexibly entrenched
- breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
- broadlands — a Palladian mansion near Romsey in Hampshire: formerly the home of Lord Palmerston and Lord Mountbatten
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carbanions — Plural form of carbanion.