11-letter words containing o, s, n, a, b
- obsessional — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
- obsignation — the action or process of certifying by means of, or as if with, a seal or a mark of ratification
- obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
- obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- obtestation — The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
- odontoblast — one of a layer of cells lining the pulp cavity of a tooth, from which dentin is formed.
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- on stand-by — in a state of readiness for action or use
- on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
- outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parson bird — tui.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sailboating — the sport of using a sailing boat
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- sash ribbon — a strip of steel or aluminum alloy for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- slant board — a tiltable board that allows a person to lie with the feet higher than the head while doing exercises.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- somnambular — relating to sleep-walking
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- soul-baring — confessing intimate thoughts
- soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- sub-company — subsidiary company.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.