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12-letter words containing b, o, n, e, t

  • objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
  • oblanceolate — inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.
  • obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
  • obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
  • obmutescence — persistent silence
  • observations — Plural form of observation.
  • obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
  • obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
  • obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
  • of substance — wealthy
  • on the bench — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • on the block — for sale at auction
  • on the books — registered
  • on the brain — constantly in mind
  • on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • one-base hit — single (def 24).
  • oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
  • outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
  • overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
  • pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
  • payment bond — See under contract bond.
  • pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
  • peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
  • perturbation — the act of perturbing.
  • 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.
  • petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
  • phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • 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.
  • quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
  • rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • reset button — control that restores a default setting
  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
  • scent bottle — a bottle of perfume
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
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