12-letter words containing o, s, b, r, n
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- 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.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unpersonable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- unsalubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- vector boson — one of the three particles that are believed to transmit the weak force: the positively charged W particle, the negatively charged W particle, and the neutral Z 0 particle.
- verbenaceous — belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.