12-letter words containing b, u, n
- rubbernecker — a person who rubbernecks
- ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- 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
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- 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
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- snout beetle — weevil (def 1).
- snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- 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.
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- 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.
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched