9-letter words containing t, o, a, b
- strokable — appearing pleasant to stroke
- stylobate — a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
- subaction — an act of subduing
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subcantor — a deputy to a cantor
- subcostal — below the rib
- sublation — to deny or contradict; negate.
- suboctave — an octave below another octave
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- swingboat — a piece of fairground equipment consisting of a boat-shaped carriage for swinging in
- tabbouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- tabbyhood — spinsterhood
- tabellion — a scribe or subordinate notary
- table top — A table top is the flat surface on a table.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- tabulator — a person or thing that tabulates.
- tackboard — a large board, usually made of cork or soft wood, on which notices can be tacked.
- tailboard — the tailgate, especially of a wagon or truck.
- talbotype — calotype.
- tambourer — someone who embroiders on a tambour
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- tear bomb — a bomb or grenade containing tear gas.
- the above — something that is above or previously mentioned
- thenabout — around then or around that time
- thibodaux — a city in SE Louisiana.
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- thornback — a skate, Raja clavata, of European waters, having short spines on the back and tail.
- throwback — an act of throwing back.
- titanoboa — a genus of giant prehistoric snake of the Palaeocene epoch, having a body length exceeding 12 metres
- to be had — If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high a price.
- tobin tax — a proposed tax on foreign-exchange transactions intended to discourage destabilizing speculation while also raising large revenues that could be channelled to the developing world
- tokyo bay — an inlet of the Pacific, in SE Honshu Island of Japan. 30 miles (48 km) long; 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- tolerable — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tolerably — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tommy bar — a short bar used as a lever to provide torque for tightening a box spanner or key
- toowoomba — a city in SE Queensland, in E Australia.
- top brass — brass (def 5).
- torbanite — Petrology. a dark-brown oil shale containing a large amount of carbonaceous matter.
- torchable — able to be torched or set alight
- touchable — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- trebbiano — a type of grape and vine cultivated in Italy for making wine (by the same name)
- trilobate — having three lobes.
- tubicolar — living in a self-constructed tube
- turnabout — the act of turning in a different or opposite direction.
- unaborted — (esp of a baby or pregnancy) not aborted or ended
- unnotable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- unpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- vibration — the act of vibrating.