9-letter words containing o, s, b, e
- forebears — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
- forebodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forebode.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- framboise — raspberry.
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frostbelt — Snowbelt.
- frostbite — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- fuzzboxes — Plural form of fuzzbox.
- gaberones — former name of Gaborone.
- gambadoes — Gamashes; spatterdashes.
- gearboxes — Plural form of gearbox.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globosely — In a globose manner.
- godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
- goose bay — an air base in S central Labrador, in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the great circle route between New York and London: used as a fuel stop by some transatlantic airplanes.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- grosbeaks — Plural form of grosbeak.
- grossbeak — Alternative form of grosbeak.
- guestbook — A book in which visitors to a particular place may write their names, addresses, and remarks.
- harborers — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hebdomads — Plural form of hebdomad.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- herborist — herbalist.
- herdbooks — Plural form of herdbook.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobbitses — (humorous, nonstandard) Plural form of hobbit.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- houseboys — Plural form of houseboy.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- insoluble — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jamborees — Plural form of jamboree.
- jambstone — a stone, or one of the stones, forming one jamb of an opening.
- jeroboams — Plural form of jeroboam.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.