12-letter words containing a, l, b, s, t, o
- lay store by — to value or reckon as important
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- lord's table — the, communion table.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- odontoblasts — Plural form of odontoblast.
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- 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.
- 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
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes