10-letter words containing o, n, b, a
- john cabot — John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- jonah crab — a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.
- jubilation — a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation: Their jubilation subsided when they lost the second game.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jumbo loan — a loan that exceeds the standard maximum amount offered by a financial institution
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- knock back — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- knockbacks — Plural form of knockback.
- labionasal — articulated with the lips and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as m.
- laminboard — A compound wood board consisting of thin strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood, considered to be of higher quality than blockboard.
- lar gibbon — white-handed gibbon.
- lemon balm — any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- loan-blend — a compound word or expression consisting of both native and foreign elements.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lobtailing — (of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.
- lobulation — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- longbeards — Plural form of longbeard.
- longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- malar bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malar-bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- marrowbone — A bone containing edible marrow.
- mars brown — a medium brown color.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mob-handed — in or with a large group of people
- monophobia — an abnormal fear of being alone.
- monostable — (of an electric or electronic circuit) having only one stable state.
- mont blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- montbretia — a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia, a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii, with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants
- monzambano — Severinus de [German zey-vey-ree-noo s de] /German ˌzeɪ veɪˈri nʊs dɛ/ (Show IPA) pseudonym of Samuel von Pufendorf.
- mossbanker — A fish, the menhaden.
- mount bona — a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5005 m (16 420 ft)
- mountebank — A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
- mozambican — a native or inhabitant of the territory or city of Mozambique.
- myrobalans — Plural form of myrobalan.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.