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12-letter words containing b, l, u, e, t

  • quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • reducibility — capable of being reduced.
  • reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • rubber latex — the milky sap of any of several trees of the genus Hevea, especially H. brasiliensis, from which natural rubber is derived.
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • 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.
  • salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
  • sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • snout beetle — weevil (def 1).
  • somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
  • soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
  • square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
  • steel lumber — metal lumber composed of sheet steel.
  • steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
  • struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
  • stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
  • subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
  • subalternate — subordinate.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • 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).
  • sublineation — an underlining
  • submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
  • subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.
  • subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
  • subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • subvertebral — located below a vertebra
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
  • tip-up table — a pedestal table having a top folding downward in two leaves.
  • tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
  • 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.
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