12-letter words containing b, r, i, l, s
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- public works — government-funded construction
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- scissor bill — a type of skimmer bird
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scribblement — a scribble
- scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
- scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.