12-letter words containing a, c, e, s, b, r
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- dressed crab — cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- 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.
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- 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