12-letter words containing b, i, t, s, o
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- 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.
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- 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.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- 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.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- postabortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- 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.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- section boss — the boss of a section gang.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- shut-out bid — a pre-emptive bid
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.