9-letter words containing ob
- gear knob — a gear lever
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geobotany — phytogeography.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalist — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- globalize — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globetrot — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- globosely — In a globose manner.
- globulins — Plural form of globulin.
- globulite — (mineral) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.
- globulous — globe-shaped; spherical.
- gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- gun lobby — a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- halobiont — an organism that thrives in a saline environment.
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- high moby — /hi:' mohb'ee/ The high half of a 512K PDP-10's physical address space; the other half was of course the low moby. This usage has been generalised in a way that has outlasted the PDP-10; for example, at the 1990 Washington D.C. Area Science Fiction Conclave (Disclave), when a miscommunication resulted in two separate wakes being held in commemoration of the shutdown of MIT's last ITS machines, the one on the upper floor was dubbed the "high moby" and the other the "low moby". All parties involved grokked this instantly. See moby.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobbitses — (humorous, nonstandard) Plural form of hobbit.
- hobbyists — Plural form of hobbyist.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- hobgoblin — something causing superstitious fear; a bogy.
- hobnailed — furnished with hobnails.
- hobnobbed — Simple past tense and past participle of hobnob.
- hobnobber — One who hobnobs.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- homophobe — a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
- hydrobomb — an aerial torpedo equipped with a rocket engine that propels it after the torpedo has entered the water.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- isallobar — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal pressure changes.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isobutane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.
- isobutene — (organic compound) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
- jacobinic — Of or relating to the Jacobins of France; revolutionary.
- jacobsite — a rare magnetic mineral, manganese iron oxide, MnFe 2 O 4 , similar to magnetite.
- jeroboams — Plural form of jeroboam.
- jiggumbob — an indistinct thing; thingamabob
- job corps — an organization within the Department of Labor that operates rural conservation camps and urban training centers for poor youths.
- job offer — an offer of employment