12-letter words containing n, e, t, b, i
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- embitterment — (uncountable) The state of being embittered.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- enabling act — a legislative act conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- 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.
- 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
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exterminable — Capable of being exterminated.
- featherbrain — a foolish or giddy person; scatterbrain.
- febrifacient — producing fever.
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- file cabinet — A file cabinet is a piece of office furniture, usually made of metal, which has drawers in which files are kept.
- fippenny bit — the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
- fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- gaming table — a table used for gambling, especially one designed with a game board and slots for chips.
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.