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12-letter words containing b, e, n, l, o

  • nonmalleable — not malleable or pliable
  • 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.
  • nonturbulent — Not turbulent.
  • nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
  • normalizable — That can be normalized.
  • nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
  • notabilities — Plural form of notability.
  • note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
  • note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
  • nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
  • 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.
  • nuxi problem — (data, architecture)   /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
  • oblanceolate — inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.
  • obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
  • obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
  • obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
  • 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.
  • olefin fiber — any of a group of synthetic textile fibers, as Herculon, formed from long-chain polymers no less than 85 percent ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
  • on a bowline — beating close to the wind
  • on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • on the block — for sale at auction
  • on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
  • orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
  • overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
  • petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
  • piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
  • pigeon blood — dark red.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
  • polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
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