12-letter words containing a, b, y, i
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- 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.
- primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- pupilability — confidentiality
- quantifiably — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rabbinically — In a rabbinical way.
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- relatability — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- six-yard box — On a football pitch, the six-yard box is the rectangular area marked in front of the goal.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- sybase, inc. — (company) A software vendor focused on database management software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA.