12-letter words containing n, i, o, b
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- rainbow roof — a gable roof in the form of a broad Gothic arch, with gently sloping convex surfaces.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- rolling boil — heated liquid: bubbling
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- section boss — the boss of a section gang.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- snow bunting — a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.