12-letter words containing i, n, s, b, l
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- 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.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- 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.
- 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.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- saint albans — a city in W Hertfordshire, in SE England: Norman cathedral; battles of Wars of the Roses 1455, 1461.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scribblement — a scribble
- scribblingly — in a scribbling manner
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- self-benefit — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.