12-letter words containing a, b, i, n
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- saint albans — a city in W Hertfordshire, in SE England: Norman cathedral; battles of Wars of the Roses 1455, 1461.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.