11-letter words containing t, o, r, b, e
- observative — Observant; watchful.
- observatory — a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- obtemperate — (obsolete) To obey.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- oktoberfest — a traditional festival held each October in Munich, Germany.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- order about — to bully or domineer
- orthoborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any anion derived from orthoboric acid; any salt containing this anion.
- otter board — one of a pair of large, heavy, square or rectangular plates or boards of metal or weighted wood attached to the trawl lines on each side of the mouth of a trawl net to maintain lateral spread during trawling.
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outbreeding — to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outnumbered — to exceed in number.
- over-budget — costing or being more than the amount alloted or budgeted: The building is half-finished and it's already overbudget.
- overballast — (transitive) To load with too much ballast.
- overbetting — the activity or practice of betting more than the usual or permitted amount
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- overburthen — to overburden
- oyster crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres ostreum, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of oysters.
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petrol bomb — Molotov cocktail.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- port number — port
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protectible — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- redhibition — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
- redhibitory — the nullification of a sale because of a defect in the article sold of such nature as to make it totally or virtually unusable or as to have prevented the purchase if known to the buyer.
- redoubtable — that is to be feared; formidable.