12-letter words containing n, b, e
- on the bench — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the books — registered
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- on your bike — away you go
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- one-man band — A one-man band is a street entertainer who wears and plays a lot of different instruments at the same time.
- oneg shabbat — a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overbearance — (rare, or, obsolete) Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness.
- overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overburdened — Excessively burdened.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- pain barrier — If you say that a sports player has gone through the pain barrier, you mean that he or she is continuing to make a great effort in spite of being injured or exhausted.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- 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.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phone number — of individual, business
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pig breeding — the act or process of getting pigs to reproduce
- pigeon blood — dark red.