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12-letter words containing b, e, r, i, o, n

  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • perturbation — the act of perturbing.
  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • 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.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
  • radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
  • ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
  • stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • transponible — capable of being transposed.
  • tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
  • turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
  • un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
  • unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
  • union member — sb who belongs to a labour organization
  • unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
  • unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • urobilinogen — a colourless substance produced by bacterial degradation of the bile pigment bilirubin in the intestine and which produces urobilin when oxidized
  • verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
  • vertebration — vertebrate formation.
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