12-letter words containing b, o, t, l
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- to jump bail — If a prisoner jumps bail, he or she does not come back for his or her trial after being released on bail.
- to play ball — If someone refuses to play ball, they are unwilling to do what someone wants them to do.
- tobacco leaf — the leaves of the tobacco plant, used for the production of cigarettes and tobacco
- toilet table — a low table with mirror or mirrors where you sit while dressing or applying makeup
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
- 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.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tribespeople — members of a tribe; people living a tribal lifestyle
- tribological — relating to tribology
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- 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.
- 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.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- turbo prolog — A strongly typed Prolog-like logic programming language. 1986. It has user-defined domains. Programs are arranged in sections: DOMAINS, CLAUSES, PREDICATES, DATABASE and GOAL. It is currently known as PDC Prolog and is distributed by Prolog Development Center, Atlanta +1 404 873 1366. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- ubiquitously — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.
- undoubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- unelaborated — not elaborated
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- unnoticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unobtainable — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unreportable — not able to be reported, relayed, or spoken of