9-letter words containing t, o, b, e
- obsequent — (obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
- observant — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- obsoleted — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obsoletes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obsolete.
- obstacles — Plural form of obstacle.
- obstetric — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstinate — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- obstruent — Medicine/Medical. (of a substance) producing an obstruction.
- obtaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'obtain'.
- obtention — (rare, science) The act of obtaining.
- obtesting — Present participle of obtest.
- obtrusive — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- obvention — (obsolete) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
- obviative — Describing such a marker.
- obvoluted — Alternative form of obvolute.
- obvolvent — curving or enfolding around something
- open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
- otterbein — Philip William, 1726–1813, American clergyman, founder of the United Brethren, born in Germany.
- otterburn — a village in central Northumberland, in NE England: battle of Chevy Chase 1388.
- oubliette — a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbidder — a person who outbids
- outbraved — Simple past tense and past participle of outbrave.
- outbrazen — to be more brazen or impudent than
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outdebate — to outdo or defeat in debate
- outer bar — a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- overbuilt — Simple past tense and past participle of overbuild.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- quodlibet — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- raceabout — a small, sloop-rigged racing yacht with a short bowsprit.
- rattlebox — any of various tropical and subtropical leguminous plants that have inflated pods within which the seeds rattle
- re-obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.