12-letter words containing b, r, e, n, t, o
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- 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
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- 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.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- 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.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.