11-letter words containing a, b, s
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- syllabarium — syllabary.
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- syllabicity — the state of being syllabic; the ability to form a syllable.
- syllabogram — a written symbol representing a single syllable
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- table stake — a stake that a player places on the table at the beginning of a game that may not be changed once the deal begins.
- table sugar — granulated white sugar.
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- tabula rasa — a mind not yet affected by experiences, impressions, etc.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- tarim basin — a region in W China between the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountain ranges. About 350,000 sq. mi. (906,000 sq. km).
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
- testability — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- the bahamas — a group of over 700 coral islands (about 20 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean: a British colony from 1783 until 1964; an independent nation within the Commonwealth from 1973. Language: English. Currency: Bahamian dollar. Capital: Nassau. Pop: 319 031 (2013 est). Area: 13 939 sq km (5381 sq miles)
- the baptist — John the Baptist
- the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
- thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thrasybulus — died c389 b.c, Athenian patriot and general.
- thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
- tibiotarsus — the main bone of the leg of a bird, between the femur and tarsometatarsus, formed by the fusion of several tarsal bones with the tibia.
- tidal basin — an artificial body of water open to a river, stream, etc., subject to tidal action.
- timberbeast — a logger.
- tishah b'ab — a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the Temple, observed on the 9th day of Ab
- tishah b'av — a Jewish fast day observed on the ninth day of the month of Av in memory of the destruction in Jerusalem of the First and Second Temples.
- tobacconist — a dealer in tobacco, especially the owner of a store that sells pipe tobaccos, cigarettes, and cigars.
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- torsion bar — a metal bar having elasticity when subjected to torsion: used as a spring in various machines and in automobile suspensions.
- trailbaston — a judging commission first created by Edward I of England which punished crimes and trespass
- transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transitable — capable of being crossed or passed over.
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- treasonable — of the nature of treason.
- treasurable — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- trisyllabic — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- trisyllable — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.