12-letter words containing b, e, t, m
- 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.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- encumberment — the act of being encumbered
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- enfeeblement — The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization.
- 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.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- 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.
- gemel bottle — a bottle consisting of two flasks set side by side with the necks curving in opposite directions.
- 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.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- 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.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- 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.