12-letter words containing a, d, i, b, t
- kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- 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).
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- orbital road — a highway that circles a metropolitan area; ring road
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- 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 dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- 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
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).