12-letter words containing a, b, e, r
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dressed crab — cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- eager beaver — a person who is excessively diligent or overly zealous.
- ear-grabbing — (of music) immediately capturing and holding the attention of listeners
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
- edward abbey — Edward, 1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- elbow grease — physical effort
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- embarassment — Misspelling of embarrassment.
- embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embranchment — A branching forth, as of trees for example.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endomembrane — (biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- entablatures — Plural form of entablature.
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of equilibrate.
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- erev shabbat — the day before the Sabbath, i.e. Friday
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- every bit as — equally, just as
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach