11-letter words containing b, i, l, e, s, t
- stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
- stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stone-blind — completely blind.
- sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- subliterary — not intended as literature
- subliterate — less than fully literate.
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- submittable — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submultiple — a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder: The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.
- subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- subtilities — subtlety.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- suggestible — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- sustainable — capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below.
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
- testability — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
- transitable — capable of being crossed or passed over.
- trisyllable — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
- unstainable — that cannot be spotted or stained, as garments.
- unvisitable — (of a person or place) that cannot be visited
- usucaptible — able to be taken possession of
- verbalistic — a person skilled in the use of words.
- versability — the quality or state of being capable of being turned
- verslibrist — someone who writes free verse
- vibratoless — without vibrato
- vinblastine — an alkaloid, C 46 H 58 N 4 O 9 , derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, especially in the management of lymphomas.
- vitrescible — capable of being formed into or of becoming glass; vitrifiable.
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- wildebeests — Plural form of wildebeest.
- xenoblastic — a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.