12-letter words containing n, o, b, e, l
- bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]
- bournonville — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1805–79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowel cancer — cancer of the colon
- boxing glove — Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
- bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
- bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
- bullet wound — a wound made by a bullet
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
- cobblestones — Plural form of cobblestone.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conglobulate — to form into a globe or ball
- conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.