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12-letter words containing b, e, t, r, u

  • software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
  • soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
  • square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
  • stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
  • steel lumber — metal lumber composed of sheet steel.
  • 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.
  • storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
  • store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
  • stressbuster — a product, practice, system, etc, that is designed to alleviate stress
  • strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
  • struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
  • stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
  • sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
  • sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
  • subaggregate — a subtotal
  • subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
  • subalternate — subordinate.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subfertility — below-average fertility
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
  • subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
  • subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
  • substructure — a structure forming the foundation of a building or other construction.
  • subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
  • subterranean — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • subvertebral — located below a vertebra
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
  • take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
  • trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
  • tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
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