12-letter words containing a, s, i, t, c, b
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- 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
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour