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12-letter words containing e, r, a, s, b

  • noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
  • nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
  • observations — Plural form of observation.
  • obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
  • obstreperate — to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din
  • oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
  • overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
  • persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
  • 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.
  • phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
  • port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
  • poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
  • prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
  • pre-assembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
  • presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
  • presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
  • press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • 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.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
  • recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
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