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11-letter words containing r, a, b, o

  • subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • subcolumnar — almost or imperfectly columnar.
  • subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • subglobular — globe-shaped; spherical.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
  • subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
  • subrational — less than or almost rational.
  • subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
  • substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • superabound — to abound beyond something else.
  • supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • syllabogram — a written symbol representing a single syllable
  • table board — daily meals provided for pay.
  • taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
  • tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
  • teeterboard — a seesaw; teeter.
  • terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing
  • tharborough — a type of constable in William Shakespeare's 'Love's Labours Lost'
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
  • tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
  • timbromania — a mania or passion for stamp-collecting
  • to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
  • tobacco jar — a container formerly used for storing tobacco and keeping it fresh
  • tocharian b — the western dialect of Tocharian
  • topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.
  • trailbaston — a judging commission first created by Edward I of England which punished crimes and trespass
  • transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
  • transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
  • travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
  • treasonable — of the nature of treason.
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