12-letter words containing a, l, b, e, t
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- oblanceolate — inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.
- obliterating — Present participle of obliterate.
- obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- out at elbow — ragged or impoverished
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- participable — capable of being shared.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- 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.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
- re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- relatability — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.