12-letter words containing b, i, t, r
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- 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.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- 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
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scribblement — a scribble
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- 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
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- 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.
- 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
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched