9-letter words containing o, s, b, r
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- 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.
- sibilator — someone who whistles
- sideboard — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- signboard — a board bearing a sign.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slow burn — a gradual building up of anger, as opposed to an immediate outburst: I did a slow burn as the conversation progressed.
- smart mob — a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place typically for the purpose of social or political protest.
- snow crab — an edible spider crab of the North Pacific, Chionoecetes opilio, commercially important as a frozen seafood product.
- snowberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
- snowboard — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- sob story — an excessively sentimental human-interest story.
- soberness — not intoxicated or drunk.
- sobriquet — a nickname.
- sodbuster — a farmer who works the soil.
- soderblom — Nathan, 1866–1931, Swedish theologian: Nobel Peace Prize 1930.
- soerabaja — Dutch name of Surabaya.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- soilborne — carried in soil
- song-bird — a bird that sings.
- sorbitize — to turn metal into a form containing sorbite
- sorbonist — a student or graduate of the Sorbonne.
- soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
- sourberry — lemonade berry.
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
- starboard — the right-hand side of or direction from a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
- stillborn — dead when born.
- stirabout — porridge.
- stormbird — any bird of several species of black, white, or grey seabirds belonging to the order Procellariiformes
- storybook — a book that contains a story or stories, especially for children.
- streetboy — a boy living on the street
- strobilar — of or relating to a strobila
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- strokable — appearing pleasant to stroke
- stromboli — an island off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Lipari group.
- strongbox — a strongly made, lockable box or chest for safeguarding valuable possessions, as money, jewels, or documents.
- sub verbo — (used as a direction to a reference) under the word or heading. Abbreviation: s.v.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcortex — Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
- subdorsal — situated close to the back in humans or upper surface in animals
- subeditor — a subordinate or junior editor.
- subereous — of the nature of or resembling cork; suberose.