11-letter words containing a, b, e, t
- flea beetle — any leaf beetle of the genera Haltica, Epitrix, etc., the various species of which have the rear legs adapted for jumping.
- flea-bitten — bitten by a flea or fleas.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- flutterball — (baseball) A type of pitch; knuckleball.
- footbreadth — a measurement equalling a breadth of a foot
- forfeitable — a fine; penalty.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- frigatebird — Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
- funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- garment bag — a travel bag made of pliable, durable material with a handle and a zipper closure, designed to hang straight or fold double and used to carry suits, dresses, coats, or the like without crushing or wrinkling.
- garter belt — an undergarment of cloth or elastic, with attached garters, worn by women to hold up stockings.
- gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- geobotanist — a person who studies geobotany
- geodatabase — (geography, computing) A database containing geographical and spatial data.
- get back at — take revenge on
- get back to — resume
- get-at-able — accessible
- give battle — to commence fighting
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glitterball — Synonym of mirrorball.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guttae band — regula.
- gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- habilitated — Simple past tense and past participle of habilitate.
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half-bottle — a bottle half the size of a standard bottle of wine, spirits, etc
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- hamate bone — a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers
- hand-basket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbaskets — Plural form of handbasket.
- handbreadth — a unit of linear measure from 2½ to 4 inches (6.4 to 10 cm).
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hartebeests — Plural form of hartebeest.
- harvestable — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hash bucket — hash coding
- hatchet job — a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.