12-letter words containing n, u, r, b, s
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- 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.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- 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.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rambus, inc. — (company) The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.