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12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, b, i

  • olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
  • peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
  • perturbation — the act of perturbing.
  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
  • radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
  • ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
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