12-letter words containing b, i, o, s, u
- 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.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- 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.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- 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.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- 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
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public works — government-funded construction
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.