12-letter words containing b, e, l, o, w
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- rollaway bed — a bed on castors
- roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- unfollowable — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- warm-blooded — Also, endothermic. designating or pertaining to animals, as mammals and birds, whose blood ranges in temperatures from about 98° to 112°F (37° to 44°C) and remains relatively constant, irrespective of the temperature of the surrounding medium; homoiothermal.
- water bottle — container that holds drinking water
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- well-beloved — loved deeply and sincerely: my well-beloved fiancé.
- west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- western blot — a highly sensitive procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific protein in a mixed extract, as in testing for AIDS virus protein in a blood sample: proteins are separated by gel electrophoresis and transferred to a special filter paper, on which the protein under investigation can be detected by a probe, as the binding of a labeled antibody.
- wheel wobble — an oscillation of the front wheels of a vehicle caused by a defect in the steering gear, unbalanced wheels, etc
- wheelbarrows — Plural form of wheelbarrow.
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whortleberry — the edible black berry of a Eurasian shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, of the heath family.
- witch hobble — the hobblebush.
- wobble board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument, producing a characteristic sound when flexed
- womb-leasing — bearing a child on behalf of a couple unable to have a child; surrogacy
- wood warbler — warbler (def 2).
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- world beater — If you describe a person or thing as a world beater, you mean that they are better than most other people or things of their kind.
- world-beater — a person or thing that surpasses all others of like kind, as in quality, ability, or endurance.
- yellow belly — Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward.
- yellow birch — a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (or B. lutea), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.
- yellow-belly — Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward.