12-letter words containing b, o, c, i, n
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- gnotobiotics — the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsolable — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incorrigibly — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- indian cobra — a highly venomous cobra, Naja naja, common in India, having markings resembling a pair of spectacles on the back of the hood.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- jacobinizing — Present participle of jacobinize.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- john bircher — Bircher.
- junction box — an enclosure that houses electric wires or cables that are joined together and protects the connections.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head