12-letter words containing b, o, r, n, t
- cerebrotonic — relating to or resembling a personality type characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint, and often associated with an ectomorphic physique
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- coconut crab — a large, terrestrial crab, Birgus latro, of islands in the South Pacific, that feeds on coconuts.
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contrabbasso — a double bass
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contributary — contributory
- contributers — Misspelling of contributors.
- contributing — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributors — Plural form of contributor.
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
- corner table — a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
- country club — A country club is a club in the country where you can play sports and attend social events.
- country-born — born in the country
- country-bred — brought up in the country
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- double entry — a method in which each transaction is entered twice in the ledger, once to the debit of one account, and once to the credit of another.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.