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12-letter words containing b, o, t, i, e

  • pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
  • questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
  • sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • 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.
  • section boss — the boss of a section gang.
  • sino-tibetan — a family of languages including especially Burmese, Tibetan, and the various local languages and dialects whose speakers share literary Chinese as their standard language.
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • sorbefacient — inducing absorption
  • speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
  • stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
  • stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
  • 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.
  • subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
  • subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
  • subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subjectional — the act of subjecting.
  • sublineation — an underlining
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • 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.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
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