12-letter words containing a, i, r, b, s
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subauricular — situated below the ear.
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- 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.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- 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.
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- unperishable — imperishable
- unsalubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- unsurvivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- upright bass — double bass
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.