11-letter words containing o, n, e, b
- dobsonflies — Plural form of dobsonfly.
- docibleness — the quality or character of being docible
- dogger bank — a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.
- doner kebab — a fast-food dish comprising grilled meat and salad served in pitta bread with chilli sauce
- double bind — Psychology. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, especially by a parent, such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.
- double bond — a chemical linkage consisting of two covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by two lines, two dots, or four dots, as CH 2 =CH 2 ; CH 2 :CH 2 ; CH 2 ::CH 2 .
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double knot — any of various knots that are reinforced with a second tying
- double-bank — to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- double-knit — a weft-knit fabric that consists of two single-knit fabrics intimately interlooped.
- double-ring — being or pertaining to a marriage ceremony in which the partners give rings to one another.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- dragon beam — dragging piece.
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dubiousness — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
- dumbed down — (jargon) Simplified, with a strong connotation of *over*simplified. Often, a marketroid will insist that the interfaces and documentation of software be dumbed down after the designer has burned untold gallons of midnight oil making it smart. This creates friction. See user-friendly.
- dumbfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- ebullitions — Plural form of ebullition.
- eccaleobion — a type of equipment that provides warmth used to assist in the hatching of eggs
- econobabble — Excessively obscure economic jargon.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- elbow joint — the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, formed by the junction of the radius and ulna with the humerus
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embarkation — The act of embarking.
- emblazoning — Present participle of to emblazon.
- embodiments — Plural form of embodiment.
- emboîtement — the theory, no longer believed, that an egg encases the germs of all future descendants that might develop from that egg, each germ being encased within another germ
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.
- embowelment — a disembowelment
- embowerment — the act of embowering
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- embroilment — The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
- enforceable — Capable of being enforced.
- ennoblement — (uncountable) The state of being noble.
- ethnobotany — The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.
- exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
- exhibitions — Plural form of exhibition.
- exhorbitant — Misspelling of exorbitant.
- exorbitance — The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- featherbone — a substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of domestic fowls.
- fetter bone — the great pastern bone of a horse. See under pastern (def 2).