12-letter words containing a, m, b, t
- bottom quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 4.7 to 5.3 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- cobalt bloom — erythrite (def 1)
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- determinable — able to be decided, fixed, or found out
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- dramatizable — Capable of being dramatized.
- embarassment — Misspelling of embarrassment.
- embattlement — (countable) A battlement.