12-letter words containing n, b, e
- embeddedness — The property of being embedded.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- embetterment — (obsolete, now used only as a nonstandard neologism) improvement, betterment.
- embezzlement — Theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
- embitterment — (uncountable) The state of being embittered.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- embranchment — A branching forth, as of trees for example.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- en brochette — (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer
- enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- encumberment — the act of being encumbered
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endless belt — a continuous belt used in various applications, particularly to run over wheels
- endomembrane — (biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enfeeblement — The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization.
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- entablatures — Plural form of entablature.
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- enviableness — Enviability.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- ethylbenzene — A colorless, flammable liquid hydrocarbon, used in the manufacture of styrene.
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exchangeable — Able to be exchanged.
- exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- extended bnf — Extended Backus-Naur Form
- exterminable — Capable of being exterminated.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing