12-letter words containing r, i, b, o, n
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- dermabrasion — a procedure in cosmetic surgery in which rough facial skin is removed by scrubbing
- diamond bird — any small insectivorous Australian songbird of the genus Pardalotus, having a diamond-patterned plumage
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- diving board — a springboard.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibrinogenic — producing fibrin.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fibrinolytic — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire balloon — a montgolfier.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foreign bill — a bill of exchange drawn on a payer in one country by a maker in another.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreign-born — born in a country other than that in which one resides.
- fort benning — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W Georgia, S of Columbus; the largest infantry post in the U.S.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.