12-letter words containing s, n, o, b
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
- mount robson — a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Height: 3954 m (12 972 ft)
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- nebulousness — The characteristic of being nebulous.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- 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).
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- non obstante — notwithstanding.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-erasable — to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- non-obsolete — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- nonabsorbent — Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonobsessive — Not obsessive.
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- nosebleeding — bleeding emanating from the nose
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- 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.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obligingness — The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- obsolescence — the state, process, or condition of being or becoming obsolete.
- obsoleteness — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.