10-letter words containing r, o, b, e, y
- errand boy — boy who carries messages, go-between
- exhibitory — Exhibiting; publicly showing.
- ferryboats — Plural form of ferryboat.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- gooseberry — the edible, acid, globular, sometimes spiny fruit of certain prickly shrubs belonging to the genus Ribes, of the saxifrage family, especially R. uva-crispa (or R. grossularia).
- hobbyhorse — a stick with a horse's head, or a rocking horse, ridden by children.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- honey bear — a kinkajou.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- hydrophobe — a hydrophobic substance.
- hygrophobe — a plant that grows best with little or no moisture
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- inexorably — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- insobriety — lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- joy buzzer — a device used for a practical joke with a handshake, concealed in the palm of the hand and producing a buzzing sound and an unpleasant vibrating sensation when it is pressed against the victim's hand.
- keyboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of keyboard.
- keyboarder — One who keyboards; a typist.
- lay before — If you lay an idea or piece of information before someone, you present it to them in detail, usually in order to obtain their approval or advice.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- negri body — any of the microscopic bodies found in the nerve cells of animals affected with rabies.
- neighborly — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- observably — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- overboldly — in too bold a manner; incautiously
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- oxygen bar — an establishment where customers go to inhale oxygen-rich air through a disposable hose inserted into their nostrils, for the purpose of deriving supposed therapeutic effects.
- oyster bay — a town on the N shore of Long Island, in SE New York. Theodore Roosevelt homestead nearby.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- playbroker — play agent.
- pork belly — a side of fresh pork.
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- powder boy — powder monkey (def 1).
- pre-embryo — the structure formed after fertilization of an ovum but before differentiation of embryonic tissue
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- pretty boy — if you describe a man as a pretty boy, you are suggesting he is not very manly and too interested in his appearance
- pyroborate — borax1 .
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- rekeyboard — to enter (information) again on a keyboard or other similar device
- robber fly — any of numerous swift-flying, often large, dipterous insects of the family Asilidae that are predaceous on other insects.
- rowanberry — a mountain ash tree
- royal blue — a deep blue, often with a faint reddish tinge.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.