12-letter words containing b, e, l, t
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- sublineation — an underlining
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
- tavern table — a short table having a narrow, deep apron and legs connected by a box stretcher.
- teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- the bollocks — something excellent
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- the-bell-jar — a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath.
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.