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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 booneDaniel, 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.
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