12-letter words containing b, u, t, l
- 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).
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- 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.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- 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
- 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.
- tip-up table — a pedestal table having a top folding downward in two leaves.
- 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.
- 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.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- 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.
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- 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.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- 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.
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- 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.