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12-letter words containing b, i, s, t, r, e

  • montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
  • neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
  • observations — Plural form of observation.
  • obstetrician — a physician who specializes in obstetrics. Abbreviation: OB, ob.
  • petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
  • re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
  • registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
  • scribblement — a scribble
  • 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.
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
  • severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • 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.
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