10-letter words containing o, t, s
- bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bomb blast — the impact caused by a bomb
- bonesetter — a person who sets broken or dislocated bones, esp one who has no formal medical qualifications
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
- boot virus — An MS-DOS virus that infects the boot record program on hard disks and floppy disks or the master boot record on hard disks. The virus gets loaded into memory before MS-DOS and takes control of the computer, infecting any floppy disks subsequently accessed. An infected boot disk may stop the computer starting up at all.
- boss-tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
- bossyboots — a bossy or domineering person
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
- bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
- bottommost — lowest or most fundamental
- bottomness — the number of bottom antiquarks minus the number of bottom quarks in a particle
- bottoms up — Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
- box staple — a socket for holding the end of a lock bolt when the door is closed.
- boy scouts — the worldwide movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908, now called the Scout Association in the UK and the Boys Scouts of America in the USA, which pursues a programme of activities for boys with the aim of developing character and responsibility
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- brontosaur — apatosaurus
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- brown spot — a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
- brownshirt — Nazi stormtrooper
- brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- bullionist — a purveyor of bullion
- burst into — If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing.
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- bust chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- bute house — a house in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh: official residence of the First Minister of Scotland
- buttonbush — a N American shrub of the genus Cephalanthus
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cactaceous — belonging to the Cactaceae, the cactus family of plants.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caespitose — growing in dense tufts