12-letter words containing b, e, l, t
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- out at elbow — ragged or impoverished
- over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- participable — capable of being shared.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- quantifiable — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quilting bee — a social gathering at which the participants make quilts.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
- re-calibrate — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.