12-letter words containing b, e, n, a, r
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nearer tibet — the eastern part of Tibet.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-erasable — to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- non-operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonabsorbent — Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreakable — Not easily broken.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncarbonate — That which is not a carbonate.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- nonrenewable — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- not-a-number — (mathematics) (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numbers game — 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.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.