12-letter words containing a, t, s, b, c
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contabescent — unable to produce pollen
- contrabasses — Plural form of contrabass.
- contrabbasso — a double bass
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corroborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corroborate.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cyberattacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyberattack.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- distractable — Alternative form of distractible.
- distractible — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- incunabulist — a person who specialises in incunabula, a collector of incunabula
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- just because — for the sole reason that
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.