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12-letter words containing b, r, i, n, e

  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • prime number — a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
  • radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
  • raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
  • rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reaching jib — genoa.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
  • retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
  • risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
  • roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • 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
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scribblement — a scribble
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • sober-minded — rational; sensible.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
  • 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.
  • sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
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