12-letter words containing s, o, b, r, i
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- 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
- 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.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonbelievers — Plural form of nonbeliever.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- 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.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- postabortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- public works — government-funded construction
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- 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
- 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
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- scissor bill — a type of skimmer bird