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12-letter words containing o, b, s, l, e

  • obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
  • oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
  • obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
  • obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
  • obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
  • obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
  • oconee-bells — a plant, Shortia galacifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having glossy, rounded leaves and white or pink bell-shaped flowers with fringed petals.
  • octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
  • omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
  • oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
  • osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
  • oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
  • plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • polyribosome — polysome.
  • polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
  • public house — British. a tavern.
  • 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.
  • quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
  • rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
  • rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • scent bottle — a bottle of perfume
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
  • slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
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