12-letter words containing b, i, o, s, t, a
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- 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.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems