12-letter words containing b, o, n, i, s
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- cost-benefit — denoting or relating to a method of assessing a project that takes into account its costs and its benefits to society as well as the revenue it generates
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- cumulonimbus — Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- disobedience — lack of obedience or refusal to comply; disregard or transgression.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- do one's bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- donets basin — a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fission bomb — atomic bomb.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- gnotobiotics — the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in