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12-letter words containing a, l, b, s, t, o

  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
  • cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
  • calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
  • carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
  • class object — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
  • close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
  • collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
  • collectables — capable of being collected.
  • comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
  • constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
  • contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
  • costume ball — a fancy dress ball
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
  • crossability — the quality of being crossable
  • customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
  • customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
  • demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
  • demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
  • diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
  • discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
  • domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
  • double steal — a play in which two base runners steal a base each.
  • elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
  • erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
  • fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
  • flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
  • forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
  • glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
  • go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
  • granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
  • haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
  • hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
  • heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
  • hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
  • hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
  • in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
  • inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
  • jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
  • laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  • labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
  • last but one — next to last
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