12-letter words containing o, n, l, i, b, e
- bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- bouleuterion — a council chamber in ancient Greece.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bournonville — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1805–79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
- bowdlerizing — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- boxing glove — Boxing gloves are big padded gloves worn for boxing.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
- bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
- bull session — A bull session is an informal conversation among a small group of people.
- bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- daniel boone — Daniel, 1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- debilitation — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- demobilizing — Present participle of demobilize.
- detonability — the quality of being detonable
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- double-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are receiving the active medication, treatment, etc., and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias from the test results.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season