12-letter words containing u, n, b, o, l
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- nonturbulent — Not turbulent.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- 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.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obnubilation — to cloud over; becloud; obscure.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- orion nebula — a luminous nebula in the constellation Orion, in the center of Orion's sword.
- out-building — a detached building subordinate to a main building.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- snout beetle — weevil (def 1).
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- 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.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound