12-letter words containing a, b, c, t, e, r
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- specbaserate — A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- tree tobacco — a treelike South American plant, Nicotiana glauca, of the nightshade family, having blue-green foliage, heart-shaped leaves, and white, greenish-yellow, or purple flowers, the corolla yellow, grown as an ornamental.
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- 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.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unrejectable — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- urban centre — an urban area that is large and heavily populated
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration