12-letter words containing a, n, b, i, o, s
- bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- brisbane box — a broad-leaved evergreen tree, Tristania conferta, native to Australia, having a deciduous outer bark.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- connubialism — the state of being married
- conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
- conscionably — being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.