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12-letter words containing o, u, b

  • neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
  • nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
  • nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
  • noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
  • noctambulism — somnambulism.
  • noctambulist — somnambulism.
  • noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
  • non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
  • non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
  • non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
  • non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
  • nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
  • noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
  • nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
  • noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • nonturbulent — Not turbulent.
  • northborough — a town in central Massachusetts.
  • northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
  • not-a-number — (mathematics)   (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
  • nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
  • number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
  • numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • nuxi problem — (data, architecture)   /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
  • obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
  • obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
  • oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
  • obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
  • object value — (jargon)   In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
  • objet trouve — found object.
  • obmutescence — persistent silence
  • obnubilation — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
  • oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
  • obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
  • obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
  • obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
  • obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
  • obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
  • obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
  • oda nobunaga — 1534–82, Japanese general and feudal leader, who unified much of Japan under his control: assassinated
  • of substance — wealthy
  • ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
  • ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
  • ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
  • ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
  • omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
  • on your bike — away you go
  • opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
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