12-letter words containing b, i, n, o
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- countability — the fact of being countable
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- diabetogenic — causing or producing diabetes
- diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- diving board — a springboard.
- do one's bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.