11-letter words containing b, e, l, s
- sustainable — capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below.
- suzie cobol — /soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. (IBM, probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comments in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie". 2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder, analogous to J. Random Hacker.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swallowable — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tabernacles — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
- table stake — a stake that a player places on the table at the beginning of a game that may not be changed once the deal begins.
- table sugar — granulated white sugar.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
- testability — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- the blessed — the dead who are already enjoying heavenly bliss
- the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
- the jobless — those who are unemployed
- the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
- topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
- transitable — capable of being crossed or passed over.
- traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- treasonable — of the nature of treason.
- treasurable — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
- trisyllable — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- trolley bus — a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
- troubleshot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- tuberculose — tuberculate.
- tuberculous — tubercular.
- tunableness — the quality of being melodious or tuneful
- unabashedly — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
- unabolished — not abolished or revoked
- unaccusable — not able to be accused or blamed
- unarousable — to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
- unassembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- unassumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- unballasted — not fitted with or carrying ballast.
- unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
- unblossomed — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- uncrossable — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- uncrushable — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- undesirable — not desirable or attractive; objectionable: undesirable qualities.
- undivisible — capable of being divided.