12-letter words containing b, i, o, l, u
- lillibullero — a part of the refrain to a song deriding the Irish Roman Catholics, popular in England during and after the revolution of 1688.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lubriciously — In a lubricious manner.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- millicoulomb — a unit of electrical charge equal to one thousandth of a coulomb: Abbreviation: mC.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- multibillion — Denoting something costing or valued at several billions of a currency.
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- 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.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obnubilation — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public