12-letter words containing a, n, u, b
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rambus, inc. — (company) The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- 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
- 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.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- sublineation — an underlining