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12-letter words containing b, o, u, t, n, i

  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • 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).
  • hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
  • 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.
  • incommutable — not exchangeable.
  • incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
  • incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
  • incomputably — In an incomputable way.
  • inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
  • incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
  • infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
  • insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
  • insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
  • interborough — between boroughs.
  • interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
  • 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.
  • masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
  • montes pubis — mons pubis
  • multibillion — Denoting something costing or valued at several billions of a currency.
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
  • muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
  • myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
  • nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
  • nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
  • neoytterbium — ytterbium.
  • nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
  • noctambulism — somnambulism.
  • noctambulist — somnambulism.
  • non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
  • nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
  • northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
  • obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
  • obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • obnubilation — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
  • obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
  • obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
  • out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
  • outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
  • outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
  • outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
  • panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
  • 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.
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