12-letter words containing a, l, e, m, b
- 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.
- plenum cable — (hardware) Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
- pre-assembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
- problem area — a place that is prone to a particular problem or danger, such as flooding or road-traffic accidents
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- 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
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- rememberable — to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again: I'll try to remember the exact date.
- rememberably — in a rememberable or memorable manner
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- small barbel — any small cyprinid fish of the genus Barbus
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subumbrellar — of or pertaining to the subumbrella, located beneath the umbrella (of a jellyfish)
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.