12-letter words containing b, e, t, a, m
- embattlement — (countable) A battlement.
- emblazonment — The act of emblazoning.
- emblematical — See emblematic.
- emblematized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblematize.
- embolization — (surgery) A nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure that effects the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli.
- embranchment — A branching forth, as of trees for example.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- exterminable — Capable of being exterminated.
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- foot-lambert — a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL.
- gamboge tree — any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
- gaming table — a table used for gambling, especially one designed with a game board and slots for chips.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- interminable — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
- lambeth walk — a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- maintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- make the bed — rearrange the bedsheets
- malleability — the state of being malleable, or capable of being shaped, as by hammering or pressing: the extreme malleability of gold.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- marketbasket — a selected list of goods and services, usually food and household items regarded as typifying consumer spending over a given time, used to measure the cost of living
- master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.