12-letter words containing a, b, t, i
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- tinea barbae — barber's itch.
- tip-up table — a pedestal table having a top folding downward in two leaves.
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- toilet table — a low table with mirror or mirrors where you sit while dressing or applying makeup
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- toxicophobia — an intense fear of poisoning
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- trackability — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- tractability — easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.
- trailblazing — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trainability — capable of being trained.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- treatability — able to be treated, especially medically: Some diseases are treatable but not curable.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- ubiquitarian — of or relating to the doctrine, especially as advocated by Luther, that the body of Christ is omnipresent and therefore exists in the Eucharistic bread.
- ultraliberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.