14-letter words containing s, o, b, i, n
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- omnibus clause — a clause, especially in an automobile liability policy, extending coverage to persons other than the insured named in the policy.
- omnibus volume — a collection of works by one author or several works on a similar topic, reprinted in one volume
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- orbital sander — a sander that uses a section of sandpaper clamped to a metal pad that moves at high speed in a very narrow orbit, driven by an electric motor.
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
- post-obit bond — a bond paying a sum of money after the death of some specified person.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rainbow series — (publication) Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola books); the term has also been commonly applied to the PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, Blue Book, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical culture.
- rainbow wrasse — a brightly coloured Mediterranean fish ( Coris julis) of the Labridae family
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistribution — a distribution performed again or anew.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- retinoblastoma — Pathology. an inheritable tumor of the eye.
- reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
- ribonucleoside — a ribonucleotide precursor that contains ribose and a purine or pyrimidine base.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- saint boniface — Saint, pope a.d. 608–615.
- san bernardino — a city in S California.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- self-obsession — the state of being interested in oneself, one's happiness, motivations and interests to the exclusion of other things
- semilunar bone — lunate (def 2).
- semimembranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- serbo-croatian — a Slavic language spoken in Serbia and Croatia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- slide trombone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
- snow blindness — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sobersidedness — the state or quality of being solemn or sobersided
- solubilization — the process whereby something becomes soluble or more soluble
- somnambulation — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.