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12-letter words containing a, b, s, r, e, i

  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
  • neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
  • new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • observations — Plural form of observation.
  • obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
  • persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
  • presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
  • registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • replevisable — capable of being replevied.
  • restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
  • ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • 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.
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