12-letter words containing n, w, b
- brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
- branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
- broken arrow — a town in NE Oklahoma.
- broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
- brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown bagger — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
- brown butter — beurre noir.
- brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- brown-nosing — If you accuse someone of brown-nosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
- browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
- bullet wound — a wound made by a bullet
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- bzzzt, wrong — (jargon) /bzt rong/ (Usenet, Internet) From the flim "Dead Poets Society", spoofing quiz shows such as "Truth or Consequences" where an incorrect answer earns a blast from the buzzer. An expression of mock-rude disagreement, often following a quote from another poster in a forum. The less abbreviated "*Bzzzzt*, wrong, but thank you for playing" is also common.
- cabinet wine — cabinet (def 10).
- cabinet-wine — a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet.
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- come between — If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- downloadable — Capable of being downloaded.
- draw a blank — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- fellow being — if you refer to someone as a fellow being, you are emphasizing that you and they are human beings and have things in common
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- glassblowing — the art or process of forming or shaping a mass of molten or heat-softened glass into ware by blowing air into it through a tube.
- golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- in sb's wake — If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
- in-betweener — a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- know by name — to have heard of without having met
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- lawn bowling — a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5).
- lawrenceburg — a town in S Tennessee.
- london brown — carbuncle (def 3).