12-letter words containing r, i, b, o, n
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- roller blind — a blind consisting of a length of fabric rolled around a pole and fitted to the top of a window
- rolling boil — heated liquid: bubbling
- running bond — a brickwork bond having successive courses of overlapping stretchers.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signal board — a board for displaying electrically transmitted signals and indicating their source.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- 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.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- 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.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.