12-letter words containing a, b, n, e
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- standardbred — one of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used chiefly for harness racing.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- sybase, inc. — (company) A software vendor focused on database management software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA.
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.