10-letter words containing r, o, d, b
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- ponderable — capable of being considered carefully or deeply.
- powder boy — powder monkey (def 1).
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- radio beam — beam (def 12).
- radio tube — a vacuum tube used in a radio receiving set.
- radiolabel — label (def 12).
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- razorblade — a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
- recordable — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- red mombin — purple mombin.
- red ribbon — a badge, banner, rosette, or the like made of red-colored ribbon or other material and used to signify the achievement of second place, as in a contest.
- rekeyboard — to enter (information) again on a keyboard or other similar device
- rhabdolith — a minute rodlike structure, believed by some to be algae, found at the bottom and the surface of the ocean, and which is composed of calcium carbonate, calcium or limestone
- rhabdomere — one of the many parts that makes up a rhabdom
- rhomboidal — shaped almost like a diamond or rhomboid
- rhomboides — a rhomboid
- ribbonwood — a small evergreen malvaceous tree, Hoheria populnea, of New Zealand. Its wood is used in furniture making and the tough bark for making cord
- rigid body — A rigid body is a body that does not deform or vibrate.
- roberdsman — a robber
- robin hood — John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- rock-bound — hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky: the rock-bound coast of Maine.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- scaleboard — a very thin board, as for the back of a picture.
- scoreboard — a large, usually rectangular board in a ballpark, sports arena, or the like, that shows the score of a contest and often other relevant facts and figures, as the count of balls and strikes on a baseball batter.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- sideboards — a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- smokeboard — a board situated above a fireplace to prevent the emission of smoke into a room
- smorrebrod — hors d'oeuvres served on slices of buttered bread
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- sobersided — solemn or grave in disposition, attitude, character, etc.; serious-minded.
- sobersides — a humorless or habitually serious person.
- soda bread — an Irish quick bread leavened with baking soda, usually made with buttermilk.
- soundboard — sounding board.