12-letter words containing b, e, l, s, n
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-erasable — to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- non-obsolete — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- 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
- 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.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- scent bottle — a bottle of perfume
- scribblement — a scribble
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- 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.
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- single blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
- single-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
- skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders