12-letter words containing b, l, i, s
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- singableness — the quality of being singable
- single blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
- single-blind — of or relating to an experiment or clinical trial in which the researchers but not the subjects know which subjects are receiving the active medication or treatment and which are not: a technique for eliminating subjective bias, as the placebo effect, from the test results.
- sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- sleigh bells — a number of small, spherical bells fixed to the harness straps of an animal drawing a sleigh
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- snowmobilist — a person who drives a snowmobile, a snowmobiler
- soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
- socializable — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- sociobiology — the study of social behavior in animals with emphasis on the role of behavior in survival and reproduction, engaging branches of ethology, population genetics, and ecology.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulism — sleepwalking.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spelling bee — a spelling competition won by the individual or team spelling the greatest number of words correctly; spelldown.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- 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
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- 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.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- 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.
- 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-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.