12-letter words containing b, a, s, i, n, e
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- sea bindweed — a species of bindweed, Calystegia soldanella, which grows on beaches in E North America, Europe, and Asia
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- self-basting — (of a turkey) prepared with oil or butter to remain moist when cooked in an oven.
- 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.
- semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- sybase, inc. — (company) A software vendor focused on database management software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA.
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- unaccessible — easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
- unassailable — not open to attack or assault, as by military force or argument: unassailable fortifications; unassailable logic.
- unassignable — not able to be transferred
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- unlistenable — that cannot be listened to agreeably or comfortably.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unperishable — imperishable