12-letter words containing n, o, b, u, i
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obnubilation — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- on your bike — away you go
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- 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.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- 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
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- 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.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.