9-letter words containing o, s, b, e
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- press box — a press section, especially at a sports event.
- proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- quebecois — Quebecer.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- re-absorb — to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
- reblossom — (of a plant or flower) to blossom again
- reobserve — to observe again
- resoluble — able to be redissolved.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- robertson — Oscar Palmer ("The Big O") born 1938, U.S. basketball player.
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- saddlebow — the arched front part of a saddle or saddletree.
- sanbenito — an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- sauceboat — a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.
- schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
- seabottle — a translucent seaweed
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- see about — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- semiglobe — a half globe; a hemisphere
- serbonian — of, relating to, or designating the large marshy tract of land in the northern part of ancient Egypt in which entire armies are said to have been swallowed up.
- set about — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- sheboygan — a port in E Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- side boob — Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. the outer curve of a woman's breast when revealed by clothing cut low under the arms: She's flashing too much side boob.
- sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- skimobile — snowmobile (def 1).
- slabstone — a paving stone in the form of a slab; flagstone
- slide box — a box for keeping slides in
- smokebush — a plant, Cotinus coggygria, with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall
- snobbiest — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snowberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowglobe — a transparent sphere filled with water and white particles which, when shaken, resemble snow falling
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.