11-letter words containing a, n, b, s, e
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- presentable — that may be presented.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- rabelaisian — of, relating to, or suggesting François Rabelais, whose work is characterized by broad, coarse humor and keen satire.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- san gabriel — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- scabbedness — the state or condition of being scabbed; scabbiness
- sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- senate bill — a proposed new law introduced for debate before the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
- sibuyan sea — a sea in the Philippines S of Luzon and E of Mindanao: site of U.S.-Japan naval battle 1944.
- singles bar — a bar or tavern catering to a clientele composed chiefly of single men and women, especially those seeking a lover or spouse.
- slumberland — an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snakeblenny — any of several pricklebacks of the genus Lumpenus.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
- soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- st. bernard — St. Bernard (def 3).
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
- string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- sub-manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- subaffluent — between poor and affluent
- suballiance — a suborder or subdivision of an alliance
- subbasement — a basement or one of a series of basements below the main basement of a building.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subitaneous — sudden
- sublanguage — a subvariety of language used in a particular field or by a particular social group and characterized especially by distinctive vocabulary.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.