11-letter words containing r, i, b, o, n
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
- helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- ibn gabirol — Arabic name of Avicebrón.
- ibn-gabirol — Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers
- imbrication — an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
- improbation — the act of disapproving or objecting to something
- incoercible — incapable of being coerced or compelled.
- incombering — Present participle of incomber.
- incrossbred — of or relating to the progeny that result from crossing inbred lines or varieties.
- inebriation — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- inelaborate — Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
- inobservant — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inobtrusive — unobtrusive.
- interbroker — relating to interbroker dealers or their work
- interrobang — a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
- intolerable — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- intolerably — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- isoabnormal — isabnormal.
- job printer — a printer who does letterheads, invoices, announcements, and other miscellaneous work, as distinguished from one who works solely on books, periodicals, etc.
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- labor union — an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- langobardic — Lombard1 (def 4).
- librational — Of or pertaining to libration.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- marionberry — a cross between a loganberry and a blackberry
- middle-born — neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.