12-letter words containing b, l, i, s
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subauricular — situated below the ear.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- 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
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subliminally — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- sublineation — an underlining
- submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsoil plow — a plow for stirring the subsoil, usually without disturbing the surface.
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- suppressible — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- syllabically — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- symbolically — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- 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.
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.