12-letter words containing a, b, s, e, n, t
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- 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.
- 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.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- 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.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- 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.
- 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.
- t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- transfer box — A transfer box is a gear system that divides the power between the front and rear axles of a four-wheel drive system.
- transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- translatable — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London