12-letter words containing b, o, l, a, n
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- unbiological — pertaining to biology.
- uncognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- unconsolable — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
- unexplorable — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.