12-letter words containing b, e, n, i, s
- 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.
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spelling bee — a spelling competition won by the individual or team spelling the greatest number of words correctly; spelldown.
- 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.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- 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)
- swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
- 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.
- 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 brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- 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
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- 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
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- undigestible — indigestible.
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undissembled — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- unhospitable — not hospitable