12-letter words containing b, l, u, e, r
- 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.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- subumbrellar — of or pertaining to the subumbrella, located beneath the umbrella (of a jellyfish)
- 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.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- summarizable — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- superposable — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- suppressible — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tubular bell — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tumble dryer — A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- ultraliberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-ignorable — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unanswerable — not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- unbetterable — not able to be bettered or improved
- unbreachable — not able to be breached
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.