12-letter words containing i, b, l, e
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- nonbelieving — Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group.
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- object chill — ["Object CHILL - An Object Oriented Language for Systems Implementation", J. Winkler et al, ACM Comp Sci Conf 1992, pp. 139-147].
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- office block — a large office building.
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- old believer — Raskolnik.
- olefin fiber — any of a group of synthetic textile fibers, as Herculon, formed from long-chain polymers no less than 85 percent ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- on a bowline — beating close to the wind
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- participable — capable of being shared.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.