10-letter words containing t, o, b
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.
- bathhouses — Plural form of bathhouse.
- batholiths — Plural form of batholith.
- bathometer — an instrument for measuring the depth of water
- batologist — someone who practises batology
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- battalions — Plural form of battalion.
- battallion — Archaic form of battalion.
- batticaloa — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- battledore — an ancient racket game
- battlesome — argumentative; quarrelsome.
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- be able to — If you are able to do something, you have skills or qualities which make it possible for you to do it.
- be soft on — to treat gently
- be used to — If you are used to something, you are familiar with it because you have done it or experienced it many times before.
- be-thought — simple past tense and past participle of bethink.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beat about — to hunt or look through or around
- beat to it — do sth before sb else
- beat up on — If someone beats up on a person or beats on them, they hit or kick the person many times.
- beatboxing — a form of hip-hop music in which the voice is used to simulate percussion instruments
- bedclothes — Bedclothes are the sheets and covers which you put over yourself when you get into bed.
- bedlington — Also called Bedlingtonshire [bed-ling-tuh n-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛd lɪŋ tənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). an urban area in E Northumberland, in N England.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- beforetime — formerly
- bell tower — a tower containing a bell or bells; belfry
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benevolent — If you describe a person in authority as benevolent, you mean that they are kind and fair.
- bennington — a town in SW Vermont: the site of a British defeat (1777) in the War of American Independence. Pop: 15 637 (2003 est)
- bentonitic — relating to bentonite
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- bernadotte — Folke (ˈfɔlke), Count. 1895–1948, Swedish diplomat, noted for his work with the Red Cross during World War II and as United Nations mediator in Palestine (1948). He was assassinated by Jewish terrorists
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- beta stock — any of the second rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange, of which there are about 500. Continuous display of prices by market makers is required but not immediate publication of transactions
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bete noire — If you refer to someone or something as your bete noire, you mean that you have a particular dislike for them or that they annoy you a great deal.
- betrothals — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- bettermost — best